Silver Bullion - History of Silver The history of silver dates back many centuries and it has captured man's attention in no small way over time. However, today most people are not aware of silver’s colorful history, something we intend to fix in this section of the Silver Bullion website. Invest in precious metals today! Contact us for details.
Invest in precious metals today! Contact us for details. Silver during Biblical times The Bible makes mention of silver. According to the Bible, silver and gold are the oldest forms of currency known to man. These metals have certainly stood the test of time like no other currencies have been able to do. Silver is mentioned more than 300 times in the Bible while gold is mentioned in excess of 400 times. While money is mentioned around 150 times in the Bible, there is no mention of any kind of paper money. People who owned silver and gold during biblical times were deemed to be extremely wealthy. Even during that time, silver coins were used in trade. Silver was found in abundance towards the top of the earth's surface by ancient civilizations all those years ago. People have used silver for many purposes. Food vessels, jewelry and religious artifacts are just some of the items that have been made from silver. There have been other uses for silver over the centuries and these uses include being used as a form of currency or bartering and it has also been used to commemorate important milestones in the history of man. As far back as 700 B.C., merchants from Mesopotamia used silver as a means to barter. Invest in precious metals today! Contact us for details.
Invest in precious metals today! Contact us for details. It is interesting to note that copper and gold were discovered before silver, which was discovered around 4000 B.C. It was used in the era of the pre-Hittites of Cappadocia. Silver is sourced in a combined state mainly from nature, normally in lead and copper mineralization. As far back as 2000 B.C., people were smelting lead ores and mining for the much sought after metal, which was an impure lead-silver alloy. The most popular ancient mines were in Greece and the Laurium silver lead deposit. Active mining of this precious metal took place during the period 500 B.C - A.D. 100. Spain was another area in which much silver was found at the time. |
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