There were no coins in the beginning. When the first block was mined, first 50BTC were created. That's how it started.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Bitcoin, and the Word was Bitcoin. He was with Bitcoin in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
Hey, stop horning in on my phoney religious shtick.