Ægina was the first nation that coined Money, and issued Medals,--Athens often applied to Ægina for the execution of both. The Chief Symbol on the Coin of Ægina was the Tortoise, for the reasons stated above:--now, in Mexican America, an ancient coin, or medal, has been found with the Symbol of the Tortoise on it! It may have been buried by a citizen of Ægina (one of the Colony), or by a Tyrian who possessed a coin of the Island-rival,--but most probably the first proposition is correct--viz., that it was possessed by a native of Ægina,--for at Uxmal the _Tortoise_ is there in Sculpture, and the entire façades, interior and exterior, are filled with ornaments _à la Grecque antique_,--and especially that of the running square, or meander border,--while the buildings themselves bear no analogy to those of Attica;--thus proving almost to demonstration, that _Grecian Artists_ were authors of the _Sculpture_, _Tyrians_ the Architects of the entire edifices,--while those of _Egypt_ were authors of the _Architectural_ bases. The reader may think that this is the refinement of investigation,--but, it is such as truth and perseverance have authorized, and the historic importance of the subject demands. The Tortoise is, also, the designation of the coins of Thebes in Greece,--and from this fact, it is brought home at once to the Tyrians, as a Symbol of their country, as well as of Ægina,--and in all probability (consulting data) Ægina copied it from the Theban coin. The Phœnician Chief, Cadmus--(all ancient Tyrian Chiefs were so called) founded Thebes, and is well known to have introduced into Greece, the letters, or Alphabet of his own country; and without doubt, at the same time, he selected the Symbols of his Native land, to represent the Coin of his new City. The Tortoise is, therefore, a Tyrian emblem, and is found upon the Ruins in Ancient America. Cadmus founded Thebes 1493 B. C., and was consequently contemporary with the first Lawgiver. Euripides in his Drama of the "Phœnician Virgins" thus alludes to his arrival, as uttered by Jocasta: "Resplendent Sun How inauspicious didst thou dart thy beams That day on Thebes, when from the sea-wash'd coast Of fair Phœnicia Cadmus on this land Set his ill-omen'd foot!"