Start with fifty bucks, it says, and very soon, you'll become "rich like Croesus ... the first Lydian coins, payments were made mostly in precious metal - effectively just lumps of gold and ...

(Paul Craddock) Croesus was a king in what's now western Turkey. His kingdom, Lydia ... the first Lydian coins, payments were made mostly in precious metal - effectively just lumps of gold ...

Lydian Gold CoinThe Lydian Gold Coin, also famously known as ‘Croeseid’ was created around 550 BCE by King Croesus in ancient Lydia, modern-day Turkey, and was the first gold coin ever made.It ...