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the Athenians found an enormous silver mine right near Athens on government land. The mine was used to pay to build Athens first navy and helped Athens become a power city-state.
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Mesopotamian merchants used silver as a medium of exchange,
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Peru and Mexico are big silver producing mines since 1546
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The richest silver deposit was discovered in America.
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Silver’s also used for solutions as antibacterial agents,
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the a better method of photography was created called the daguerreotype, he used silver in it to coat it in iodine creating the surface to be sensitive to light, the image was then exposed, and then the plate was bathed in a solution of silver chloride creating an image. Silver was used often in photography
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An man named Diego Gualpa discovered the five great seams of silver
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silver assumed a key role in the US monetary system, where congress based the currency on the silver dollar, it was used as the coins but was discontinued in 1965.
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The first medical use of silver was recorded by a Romanian man who used silver as a blood purifier. It was then used as silverare, utensils, and coinage.
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Archaeologists found silver objects dating from 3400 BC in Egypt first.
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Silver jewellry has been around since the 5000 BC and is being used by many generations form then on.