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  2. Shekel - Wikipedia

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    Coins were used and may have been invented by the early Anatolian traders who stamped their marks to avoid weighing each time used. Herodotus states that the first coinage was issued by Croesus , King of Lydia , spreading to the golden Daric (worth 20 sigloi or shekel), [ 4 ] issued by the Achaemenid Empire and the silver Athenian obol and ...

  3. Achaemenid coinage - Wikipedia

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    The Achaemenid Empire issued coins from 520 BC–450 BC to 330 BC. The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos (from Ancient Greek: σίγλος, Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל, shékel) represented the first bimetallic monetary standard. [5]

  4. Category:Shekel - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the shekel, an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.39 oz)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage, and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.

  5. History of money - Wikipedia

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    Accounting records – in the monetary system sense of the term accounting – dating back more than 7,000 years have been found in Mesopotamia, [7] and documents from ancient Mesopotamia show lists of expenditures, and goods received and traded and the history of accounting evidences that money of account pre-dates the use of coinage by ...

  6. Imports to Ur - Wikipedia

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    These objects are all the more impressive considering the distance from which they traveled to reach Mesopotamia and Ur specifically. Mesopotamia is very well suited to agricultural production for both plants and animals but is lacking in metals, minerals and stones. These materials were traded by both land and water, although bulk ...

  7. 4 Decades of Valuable Coins: See Which Are Worth the Most ...

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    Some of the most expensive coins ever sold at auction were minted in the U.S., many within the past century. You might still find them in circulation, or even... 4 Decades of Valuable Coins: See ...

  8. Stash of Roman-era coins buried 2,000 years ago found in field

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    Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no signs of wear and likely came from a pile of freshly minted coins, according to the Cultural ...

  9. Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. Each city , kingdom and trade guild had its own standards until the formation of the Akkadian Empire when Sargon of Akkad issued a common standard.

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