[nickbauman]

Comment was not meant to cover Lydia; just generally how money emerged. And this is a "cartoon" version of the story.

[kragen]

we weren't talking about money; we were talking about 'Coins (specie that had a direct connection to a ruler, usually with the name or visage of the ruler struck on them)'

those specifically emerged in 7th century lydia, and that emergence is what the article is about