Money supplies

Autor(en)
Sebastian Felten
Abstrakt

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.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geschichte
Journal
Isis. An International Review Devoted to the History of Science and its Cultural Influences
Band
114
Seiten
387-392
Anzahl der Seiten
6
ISSN
0021-1753
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/724798
Publikationsdatum
06-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
603123 Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 502049 Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
History, History and Philosophy of Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/22848f23-85d9-408f-ad5c-73d4934dfe0d