Selgin George:
Good Money
Birmingham Button Makers, The Royal Mint, And The Beginnings Of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821
The University Of Michigan Press (United States), 2008
Hardback, 400 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9780472116317
ISBN-10: 0472116312
Good Money
In the 1780s, the Royal Mint failed to produce enough small-denomination coinage. As the currency shortage threatened to derail industrial progress, manufacturers began to mint custom-made coins, called 'tradesman's tokens'. In 1821, the Crown outlawed all moneys except its own. This book tells of the struggles over the right to coin legal money.

