Money of the Masses: Copper Coin Production and Circulation in India 1500-1900 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9360806676 ISBN 13 : 9789360806675

Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2025

Synopsis

Until very recently, the daily usage of coins by important parts of the population constituted an important indicator for the economic and social character of the society. Small denomination coins were produced and circulated primarily for the payment of wages, and of small purchases in market places and shops, where artisans and peasants offer their products. Frequent usage of small denomination coins thus allows us to characterise market societies as deeply monetised. This volume demonstrates that from the mid-sixteenth century Indian society was deeply monetized and in this respect it was not different from other major civilizations across Eurasia – from Western Europe via the West Asia to East Asia and back. In order to reach these conclusions, a detailed study of the production of small denominations (mainly copper) is offered here, which will interest coin collectors and numismatists.

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À propos des auteurs

Jan Lucassen (b. 1947), the editor of this volume, is a social and economic historian with research experience in Northwestern Europe and South Asia. His main fields of interest are the history of work, of labour migration and related to this monetary history.

Sanjay Garg (b. 1965), is an historian of international repute and has edited the first two volumes of the present series: Monetary Foundations of the Raj (2019) and The Raj and the Rajas (2022).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9360806676
• ISBN 13: 9789360806675
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1068
• Éditeur: Lucassen Jan, Garg Sanjay
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