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Excerpt from The Earliest Coins of Greece Proper The first question which arises is whether the earliest coins of Hellas were of electrum. Electrum coins have been attributed to Thrace, Aegina, and Euboea; but in every case the attribution is improbable, and an Asiatic origin more likely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.