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Book Synopsis A New History of the Royal Mint by : C. E. Challis
Download or read book A New History of the Royal Mint written by C. E. Challis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-11-19 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major study traces the development of English minting from the seventh-century to the twentieth-century.
Download or read book Good Money written by George A. Selgin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Enterprise and the Foundation of Modern Coinage
Book Synopsis When Britain Went Decimal by : Mark Stocker
Download or read book When Britain Went Decimal written by Mark Stocker and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Kingdom was the last major nation-state in the world to adopt decimal currency, 50 years ago in 1971. Why was it so slow to do so? What changed politicians' and peoples' minds about it in the 1960s? Were Britain's plans to join the EEC influential? What was the impact of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand going decimal several years earlier? Or did it simply happen because of common sense, with a decimal system so much easier to learn and use than pounds, shillings and pence?The route to find the right designs was a complex one, with interfering politicians, struggling artists, and at one stage an angry Duke of Edinburgh! It took over five years to get there, and then there was the seven-sided 50 pence - a design classic we would say today, but what did the media and public think of it when it was launched in 1969?When Britain Went Decimal takes readers through the changeover leading to D-Day (decimalisation day), and beyond: how smooth and successful was the process? Did newspapers secretly hope it would fail? While decimalisation might have seemed right at the time, did it lead to inflation, as many people believe today?Entertainingly written and beautifully illustrated, this first book on decimalisation since 1973 attempts to answer all these questions and more, looking as much at the design - indeed the 'art' behind the new coinage - as at social, economic and political history.
Book Synopsis The Birth of Science by : Alex Ely Kossovsky
Download or read book The Birth of Science written by Alex Ely Kossovsky and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the multi-generational process involved in humanity's first major scientific achievement, namely the discovery of modern physics, and examines the personal lives of six of the intellectual giants involved. It explores the profound revolution in the way of thinking, and in particular the successful refutation of the school of thought inherited from the Greeks, which focused on the perfection and immutability of the celestial world. In addition, the emergence of the scientific method and the adoption of mathematics as the central tool in scientific endeavors are discussed. The book then explores the delicate thread between pure philosophy, grand unifying theories, and verifiable real-life scientific facts. Lastly, it turns to Kepler’s crucial 3rd law and shows how it was derived from a mere six data points, corresponding to the six planets known at the time. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book will inform and fascinate all aficionados of science, history, philosophy, and, in particular, astronomy.
Book Synopsis Objects of War: Currency in a Time of Conflict: Published in Association with the Royal Mint Museum by : Kevin Clancy
Download or read book Objects of War: Currency in a Time of Conflict: Published in Association with the Royal Mint Museum written by Kevin Clancy and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War has shaped currencies, creating, abolishing and moulding them. By providing the means through which they have been fought, coins and banknotes have proved themselves an indispensable weapon of war. But the disruption that comes with conflict has seen usage of money change to cope with extreme circumstances. Coins have frequently been debased or often buried in hoards as an army advances, they have found themselves saving lives on a battlefield or becoming objects of sentiment as a memory of home. As symbols of state, money has offered the means through which victorious leaders have proclaimed their triumphs, evidenced from Roman Emperors through to the more poignant modern ways in which commemoration predominates. | In this new book Kevin Clancy, Director of the Royal Mint Museum, seeks to explore these themes, revealing how something which thrives on stability can adapt when the normal rules of life are turned upside down. Richly illustrated throughout, the book focuses principally on the experience in Britain from Tudor times but draws on other instances from around the world and across time to show how money and war have collided and influenced one another. | It is a fascinating story that will be as engaging to those with an interest in military history as much as to those of us with more than a passing interest in money.
Book Synopsis Newton and the Counterfeiter by : Thomas Levenson
Download or read book Newton and the Counterfeiter written by Thomas Levenson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majesty's coins (a crime that the law equated with treason), but was trying to take over the Mint itself. But Chaloner had no idea who he was taking on. Newton pursued his enemy with the cold, implacable logic that he brought to his scientific research. Set against the backdrop of early eighteenth-century London with its sewers running down the middle of the streets, its fetid rivers, its packed houses, smoke and fog, its industries and its great port, this dark tale of obsession and revenge transforms our image of Britain's greatest scientist.
Book Synopsis A Memoir of Jane Austen by : James Edward Austen-Leigh
Download or read book A Memoir of Jane Austen written by James Edward Austen-Leigh and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mints and Money in Medieval England by : Martin R. Allen
Download or read book Mints and Money in Medieval England written by Martin R. Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive study of coin production in medieval England, tracing the development, significance and wider context of mints and money.
Download or read book The Royal Mint Experience written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Mint Experience
Book Synopsis The Mint by : Thomas Edward Lawrence
Download or read book The Mint written by Thomas Edward Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1990-07-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mint written by John Craig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this 1953 book the story of the London Mint is told by the former Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint.
Download or read book Possum Magic written by Mem Fox and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1983 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Australian possums go in search of the magic that will make the invisible one of them visible.
Book Synopsis Coins of England and the United Kingdom (2022) by : Emma Howard
Download or read book Coins of England and the United Kingdom (2022) written by Emma Howard and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalog to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the Decimal coinage of Queen Elizabeth II, arranged in chronological order and divided into metals under each reign, then into coinages, denominations and varieties. All decimal coinage since 1968 is listed in a separate volume, available as an independent publication. The catalog includes up-to-date values for every coin, a beginner’s guide to coin collecting, numismatic terms explained and historical information about each British coin, from our earliest (Celtic) coins, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins, the coins of the Plantagenet Kings, the Houses of Lancaster and York, the Tudors and Stuarts, to the more modern Milled coinage, minted for the first time in 1561 during the reign of Elizabeth I. From the earliest of times, coins have been used by states or monarchs to communicate with people; Coins of England and the United Kingdom is therefore not only a reference book for collectors, but a fascinating snapshot of British history, illuminating its economics, technology, art, politics and religion. As always, the content has been updated and improved throughout by the editors, with numerous new images and revisions of key sections.
Book Synopsis Monarchy, Money & Medals by : Jeremy Cheek
Download or read book Monarchy, Money & Medals written by Jeremy Cheek and published by Spink Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Collection is famous as one of the finest art collections in the world, but little is known about its coins, medals and banknotes, which include many extremely rare pieces.
Download or read book The Phantom of the Opera written by and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12 songs from the hit motion picture arranged for easy piano.
Book Synopsis The Industry Catalogue of Gold Bars Worldwide by : Nigel Desebrock
Download or read book The Industry Catalogue of Gold Bars Worldwide written by Nigel Desebrock and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis GOLD SOVEREIGN SERIES. by : MICHAEL A. MARSH
Download or read book GOLD SOVEREIGN SERIES. written by MICHAEL A. MARSH and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
