Silver Rider 1673 Holland Piedfort, Amsterdam Rarities of the Dutch History In Dutch history, the year 1672 was rampjaar, the “disaster year.” That year, following the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch Republic was simultaneously … Continued
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Kingdom Lydia – Croesus By the time Croesus succeeded his father Alyattes as king of Lydia in 561 B.C., electrum coinage already had been used in Asia Minor for decades.Herodotus (1.94.1) states that the Lydians were the first to produce coins … Continued
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