What is a facility that produces coins called?
AnswerA mint
Coins are produced at a mint, where designs are struck onto metal blanks.
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The basics
The denarius was a silver coin of which ancient civilization?
AnswerRome
The denarius was the standard silver coin of ancient Rome for centuries.
Going deeper
What is the study and collecting of coins called?
AnswerNumismatics
Numismatics is the study of coins and currency; philately is stamp collecting.
The earliest known coins were made in Lydia, which is in modern-day where?
AnswerTurkey
Lydia, in western Anatolia (modern Turkey), produced some of the first coins around the 7th century BC.
The first Lydian coins were made of electrum, a natural alloy of which metals?
AnswerGold and silver
Electrum is a naturally occurring mix of gold and silver.
Expert level
The Spanish silver coins called "pieces of eight" were worth eight of what?
AnswerReales
Pieces of eight were Spanish dollars worth 8 reales, used worldwide for centuries.
What is the blank metal disc called before it is struck into a coin?
AnswerA planchet
A planchet, also called a blank or flan, is the disc of metal that dies stamp into a finished coin.
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