The first coins were likely minted in Lydia (modern-day Turkey), sometime before 700 B.C.E. Metalworkers in various countries were soon mass-producing coins, and people throughout the lands mentioned in the Bible began using them.
Go lebega madi a ntlha a tshipi a ne a dirwa kwa Lydia (e gompieno e bidiwang Turkey), nako nngwe pele ga 700 B.C.E. Go ise go ye kae, batho ba ba neng ba dira ka metale mo dinageng tse di farologaneng, ba ne ba dira madi a le mantsi a tshipi mme batho ba dinaga tse go buiwang ka tsone mo Baebeleng ba ne ba simolola go a dirisa.