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[edit] First recorded mention of medal

I added this, and currently, I am waiting for a reply on where the encyclopedia (from which I obtained this info) obtained this fact. I could not just cite the encyclopedia because the book is copyright. If anyone knows how old Flavius Josephus is, they will obviously know his work is in public domain, as he has been dead for about one thousand, six hundred years. I thought this was worthy of adding to the article, and very appropriate to be put in the clearly lacking in interest and content of an introduction section. --Evan 18:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)