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+ | Early evidence | ||
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+ | Banks and banknotes | ||
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+ | The right to coin | ||
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+ | Mint control | ||
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+ | The Trial of the Pyx | ||
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+ | The stamp of authority | ||
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+ | Countermarking and overstriking | ||
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+ | Reform and recoinage | ||
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+ | Decimalisation | ||
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+ | Money in time of war | ||
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+ | The English Civil War | ||
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+ | 4 The making of money | ||
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+ | Manufacture by hand | ||
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+ | Cast coins | ||
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+ | The introduction of machinery | ||
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+ | Minting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries | ||
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+ | Metals for coinage | ||
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+ | The manufacture of paper money | ||
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+ | 5 Uses and abuses | ||
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+ | Money and the state | ||
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+ | Wealth and largesse | ||
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+ | Trade | ||
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+ | Saving and hoarding | ||
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+ | Counting, weighing and testing | ||
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+ | Forgery and malparctive | ||
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+ | Ornament and talisman | ||
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+ | 6 From treasure to token | ||
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+ | The old world | ||
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+ | The age of transition | ||
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+ | Revolution and reform | ||
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+ | The modern world | ||
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+ | Money today and tomorrow | ||
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+ | Further reading | ||
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Version vom 27. Oktober 2007, 13:37 Uhr
Joe Cribb
Money
From Cowrie Shell to Credit Cards
First Edition 1986
192 Seiten
British Museum Publications Ltd., London
ISBN 0-7141-0862-6
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contriutors
Preface
Introductions
1 What is money?
This is money ...
... and this is money
'Primitive money'
2 Origins
The first records
Metal as money
Money as a 'medium of exchange'
Early evidence
Later parallels
The invention of coinage
Coinage in copper
Eastern origins
Banks and banknotes
3 Power over money
The right to coin
Mint control
The Trial of the Pyx
The stamp of authority
Countermarking and overstriking
Reform and recoinage
Decimalisation
Money in time of war
The English Civil War
4 The making of money
Manufacture by hand
Cast coins
The introduction of machinery
Minting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Metals for coinage
The manufacture of paper money
5 Uses and abuses
Money and the state
Wealth and largesse
Trade
Saving and hoarding
Counting, weighing and testing
Forgery and malparctive
Ornament and talisman
6 From treasure to token
The old world
The age of transition
Revolution and reform
The modern world
Money today and tomorrow
Further reading
Index of names
Index of places