The Evolution of Coinage (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

George Macdonald

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330867734 ISBN 13 : 9781330867730

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

From barter to coinage: how money changed the world.

This Cambridge edition of The Evolution of Coinage guides readers through the dawn of money, the rise of precious metals, and the birth of stamped coins. It explains how societies moved from barter to standardized pieces of metal, and how merchants, weights, and marks shaped early economies.

The book traces the journey from primitive measures of value to durable, portable currency. It discusses electrum coins minted around 700 B.C. in Asia Minor, the role of Greek and Lydian innovations, and the way official seals and marks guaranteed weight and quality. You’ll see how coin designs evolved from heraldic and religious symbols to portraiture of rulers as states grew more centralized.

• How early economies solved problems of durability, portability, and divisibility
• The rise of coin types, inscriptions, and the authority behind them
• The influence of religion, art, and imitation on early coin design
• The shift from private to state-issued coinage and the birth of portraiture

Ideal for readers of history, archaeology, and numismatics, this edition brings together clear explanations with careful detail about the origins and development of money.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Barter is, of course, the simplest and the most direct of the ways in which goods can pass from one man to another on the basis of a bargain. But barter is at the best a mere temporary expedient. So soon as the most rudimentary stage in the evolution of a community is past, so soon does the primitive process reveal itse Uas cumbrous and unpractical. However narrow the limits of a district, however small the population of a village, those mutual wants by which the necessity for exchange is conditioned, are bound to make themselves felt at different times and seasons; the odds are all against the tailor being down at heel at the exact moment when the shoemaker is out at elbow. Hence the speedy adoption of some article as a convenient measure of the value of the various commodities.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330867734
• ISBN 13: 9781330867730
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 182
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