Mint - A History of the London Mint From A.d. 287 to 1948

Klappentext In this 1953 book the story of the London Mint is told by the former Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Table of sovereigns; Introduction; 1. Early mints; 2. Concentration in London; 3. Shaping the tower mint; 4. The return of gold; 5. End of the Middle Ages; 6. Renaissance and debasement; 7. Elizabeth I; 8. Court and commonwealth; 9. Mechanization of the mint; 10. Guineas and coppers; 11. The Great Silver Recoinage; 12. Isaac Newton; 13. The age of deputies; 14. Later eighteenth-century coinage; 15. Under the committee on coin; 16. William Wellesley Pole; 17. Cabinet masters; 18. Two masters of science; 19. Growth of the modern mint; 20. Modern British coinage; 21. Ireland; 22. Other external coinages; 23. Trial of the Pyx; The appendices; Bibliography; Subject index; Index of the persons, with their mint connections.

Product details

• Authors: John Craig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9780521170772
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17077-2
• No. of pages: 498
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; London, Greater London, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Coins, Currency & Medals, Economic history, History: specific events and topics, Monetary Economics, Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items, Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)