
Encyclopedia of money
Title:
Encyclopedia of money
Author:
Allen, Larry, 1949-
ISBN:
9781576074633
9781280720741
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 328 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Act for Remedying the Ill State of the Coin -- Aeginetan Silver Standard -- Alchemy -- Alexander the Great -- Almonds -- American Penny -- American Revolution Hyperinflation -- Ancient Chinese Paper Money -- Arab Dinar -- Argentine Hyperinflation -- Assignats -- Athenian Owls -- Attic Silver Standard -- Augustalis -- Augustan Monetary System -- Austrian Hyperinflation -- Automatic Transfer Service -- Ayr Bank -- Babylonian Grain and Silver Standard -- Balance of Payments -- Banco del Piazza del Rialto, Il -- Bank -- Bank Charter Act of 1833 -- Bank Charter Act of 1844 -- Bank Clearinghouses -- Bank of Amsterdam -- Bank of Deposit -- Bank of England -- Bank of France -- Bank of Japan -- Bank of Scotland -- Bank of Spain -- Bank of Venice -- Bank Rate -- Bank Restriction Act of 1797 -- Banking Acts of 1826 -- Banking School -- Barbados Act of 1706 -- Barter -- Beer Standard of Marxist Angola -- Belgian Franc -- Belgian Monetary Reform -- Billon -- Bills of Exchange -- Bimetallism -- Bisected Paper Money -- Black Death -- Bland-Allison Silver Repurchase Act of 1878 -- Blood Money -- Bolivian Hyperinflation -- Brazilian Hyperinflation -- Bretton Woods System -- Bride Money -- British Gold Sovereign -- Bronze Standard of Ancient Rome -- Byzantine Debasement -- Caisse d'Escompte -- Calderilla -- Cappadocia -- Carolingian Reform -- Case of Mixt Monies -- Cattle -- Cellini, Benvenuto -- Celtic Coinage -- Central Bank -- Certificate of Deposit -- Check -- Chilean Inflation -- Chinese Hyperinflation.
Abstract:
What do whale teeth, rice, seashells, feathers, cocoa beans, furs, salt and tobacco have in common? They have all been used as currency. This is the story of money, from early barter commodities to the ubiquitous credit cards of today. More than 300 entries in this encyclopaedia describe the major innovations, experiments, triumphs and disasters in the development of a viable medium of exchange.; Individual topics spotlight the workings of international monetary systems, hyperinflation, monetary debacles, fiscal controls, the gold standard, and more. The reference also tells how metal coinage - one of the major financial inventions - spread from a tiny enclave in the Mediterranean to become a universal standard, and discusses Leonardo Da Vinci's contribution to hard currency.
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