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  2. Coinage of Aegina - Wikipedia

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    The coins were first made in the island of Aegina, off the southeast side of Greece. Yale Professor and Historian Donald Kagan sustains that the king of Argos Pheidon was "the first man to strike silver coins on the island of Aegina" in the 7th century, however this has been contested by most experts in the field and so far unconfirmed by ...

  3. Jonathan (tortoise) - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) [2] [3] is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).His approximate age is estimated to be 192 as of 2025, making him the oldest known living land animal.

  4. History of coins - Wikipedia

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    Obverse: Land turtle / Reverse: ΑΙΓ(INA) and dolphin. The oldest turtle coin dates 500 BCE. The earliest coins have a “rough incuse” where the hammer was beaten directly onto the reverse. Later technology used a “punch”, often a “square incuse”, to improve the aim of the hammer - sometimes resulting in a swastika pattern. Punches ...

  5. Stater - Wikipedia

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    The stater, as a Greek silver currency, first as ingots, and later as coins, circulated from the 8th century BC to AD 50. The earliest known stamped stater (having the mark of some authority in the form of a picture or words) is an electrum turtle coin, struck at Aegina [2] that dates to about 650 BC. [3]

  6. The world’s oldest tortoise has lived through two world wars, witnessed the rise and fall of the British Empire, and has just turned 190 years old.

  7. List of coin hoards in China - Wikipedia

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    These cash coins are the first turtle shell coins discovered in China and these may also be the oldest coins made of turtle shell ever found anywhere in the world. [43] Because they all have the inscription "Kaiyuan Tongbao", they are dated to the Tang dynasty period alongside the rest or the discovered found treasures. [ 43 ]

  8. A Construction Worker Accidentally Found a Secret Stash of ...

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    A Construction Worker Accidentally Found a Secret Stash of 700-Year-Old Coins. Tim Newcomb. August 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Archaeologists Unearth 1,600 Ancient German Coins bee32 - Getty Images.

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

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    The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands' Cultural Heritage Agency said in a news release, and are a mix of Roman and British coins. Bunnik, the village where they were buried, was ...