Money supplies

Author(s)
Sebastian Felten
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.

Organisation(s)
Department of History
Journal
Isis. An International Review Devoted to the History of Science and its Cultural Influences
Volume
114
Pages
387-392
No. of pages
6
ISSN
0021-1753
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/724798
Publication date
06-2023
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
603123 History of science, 502049 Economic history
ASJC Scopus subject areas
History, History and Philosophy of Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/money-supplies(22848f23-85d9-408f-ad5c-73d4934dfe0d).html