Money: A History

by Catherine Eagleton, Jonathan Williams, Joe Cribb

Book Overview

A colorful history of coins and currency from their very beginnings. Money tells the story of coins and paper money from ancient to modern times. The book is an exciting collaboration by curators at... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714108855
• ISBN13: 9780714108858
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautifully produced survey.

Written by the coins and medals experts of the British Museum, this handsomely designed work succinctly but comprehensively explores the entire history of money, from its earliest beginnings to the electronic transactions of the 1990's. The book features over 550 beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations, with essays covering ancient and modern coinage in global perspective, and relating the moral, political, religious, and social meanings inevitably associated with so powerful a force. Highly recommended as an excellent introduction to a complex subject, or just for enjoyable and informative browsing. (The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)