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bigsquirrel t1_iylk0yd wrote

It’s crazy to think that somewhere in antiquity there was a riverbed so full of gold it ended up in so many far flung places.

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Usermena t1_iynpdwv wrote

Yes, my guess is the Pactolus river ( Sart Cayi) from which the Iron Age kingdom of Lydia would later create the worlds first government backed gold coin.

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