Good money : Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint, and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775-18...
Good money : Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint, and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775-18...
Good money : Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint, and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775-1821 / George Selgin.
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Publisher
Oakland, Calif. : Independent Institute ; Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
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N332.4043/2
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 345 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Britain's big problem -- Druids, willeys, and beehives -- Soho! -- The people's money -- The Boulton copper -- Their last bow -- Prerogative regained -- Steam, hot air, and small change -- Conclusion.
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Publisher
Oakland, Calif. : Independent Institute ; Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2008.
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"Good Money tells the story of British manufacturers' challenge to the Crown's monopoly on coinage. In the 1780s, when the Industrial Revolution was gathering momentum, the Royal Mint failed to produce enough small-denomination coinage for factory owners to pay their workers. As the currency shortage threatened to derail industrial progress, manufa...
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Good money : Birmingham button makers, the Royal Mint, and the beginnings of modern coinage, 1775-1821 / George Selgin.
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Independent studies in political economy.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-336) and index.
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N332.4043/2
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74VM4J05xdZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4J05xdZl
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ISBN
0472116312 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472116317 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
332.4043094109033
MMS ID
991001385569702626
