Tag: coinage
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How the Ancients Invested in Precious Metals: Lessons from History
Introduction: A timeless need for security In the modern world, financial security often centers on diversified portfolios, inflation hedges, and savvy risk management. Yet the impulse to store value in precious metals is ancient. Dr Konstantine Panegyres of The University of Western Australia notes that civilizations across time treated gold and silver not just as…
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How the Ancients Invested in Precious Metals: Lessons from Gold, Silver, and Copper
Introduction: Wealth, Security, and Metals in the Ancient World From antiquity to early imperial eras, precious metals were more than decorative objects. They acted as durable stores of value, systems of exchange, and strategic tools for wealth management. In a society where credit markets were rudimentary and coinage varied by region, metals like gold, silver,…