Good Money: Birmingham Buton Makers, The Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage 1775-1821

By George Selgin

Book Overview

This work looks at private enterprise and the foundation of modern coinage. It tells the story of British manufacturers' challenge to the Crown's monopoly on coinage and presents a tale of enterprising manufacturers, technological innovations, and struggles over the right to coin legal money.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472116312
• ISBN13: 9780472116317
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: IEA
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"