Money supplies

Sebastian Felten

doi:10.1086/724798

Money supplies

Sebastian Felten

Department of History

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Abstract

From the spread of silver as commodity money in the early modern world to mass-produced national currency in the nineteenth century, coins had a dual nature. They supplied facts about the past when they were investigated by antiquarians, and they required knowledge of materials and their supply when used as currency. This essay explores a little-researched borderland between economic historyand historyofscience:the work of assayers and mint officials, where antiquarian and commercial interests merged.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	387-392
Number of pages	6
Journal	Isis. An International Review Devoted to the History of Science and its Cultural Influences
Volume	114
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/724798
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

603123 History of science
502049 Economic history

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Money supplies

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