Coins, Banknotes, Medals, Seals (Numismatics)

Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations of, money. The p...

The Enlightenment was a time of monetary turmoil and transformation in Europe. Change began with a riot of experimentation, including novel ideas a...

The nineteenth century was a time of intense monetization of social life: increasingly money became the only means of access to goods and services,...

Money provides a unique and illuminating perspective on the Middle Ages. In much of medieval Europe the central meaning of money was a prescribed u...

The Enlightenment was a time of monetary turmoil and transformation in Europe. Change began with a riot of experimentation, including novel ideas a...

The origins of the modern, Western concept of money can be traced back to the earliest electrum coins that were produced in Asia Minor in the seven...

The origins of the modern, Western concept of money can be traced back to the earliest electrum coins that were produced in Asia Minor in the seven...

In a time before large banking systems, and with paper money just in its infancy, money during the Renaissance meant coinage (mainly gold and silve...

Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations of, money. The p...

Newly updated in 2020, this is the definitive illustrated reference to the world's greatest coins and a professional guide to building a spectacula...

Galley Halfpence documents the arrival and circulation, in the Kingdom of England, of silver Soldini of the Republic of Venice between the years 14...