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c. 635 BCE - 585 BCEReign of Alyattes of Lydia. Minting of first coins made from electrum.
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c. 550 BCEThe silver drachma of Delos depicts a lyre - symbolic of Apollo - on its reverse side.
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c. 211 BCEA new system of Roman coinage is introduced which includes the silver denarius.
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c. 157 BCEThere is a boom in the production of Roman silver coinage, in part thanks to the acquisition of silver mines in Macedonia.
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84 BCESulla mints new silver and gold coins to pay his army.
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1101 CEThe unbyong (aka hwalgu) silver vases are first made and used as currency in Korea.