Bees have appeared on coins for millennia, hinting at an age-old link between sweetness and value

In 2022, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $2 coin decorated with honeybees. Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in the kingdom of Macedon had the same idea, creating a silver obol coin with a bee stamped on one side.


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Source: Phys.org