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V11 2008 INDEX
E-SYLUM ARCHIVE
GEORGE SELGIN'S "GOOD MONEY" AVAILABLE AT ANA CONVENTION
Regarding George Selgin's new book Good
Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of
Modern Coinage, 1775-1821, Scott Loos writes:
The Conder Token Collector Club had contacted the
publisher to see if the author was able to attend the Baltimore ANA to
speak at our meeting and possibly do a signing session at the ANA author's
table. Unfortunately, he will unable to attend the convention, but I have
arranged to have a case of the title shipped to me at my Baltimore hotel.
If any E-Sylum readers are interested in obtaining a copy, I will have
them available at my bourse table (#1616 - Scott Loos World Coins). The
book retails at $40.00.
We have discussed the book before here in The E-Sylum. I
haven't seen it yet, but I'm looking forward to it and would welcome
reviews of the book for publication here after the convention. Below is an
excerpt from the publisher's advertising blurb. -Editor
Good Money
tells the fascinating story of British manufacturers' challenge to the
Crown's monopoly on coinage. In the 1780s, when the Industrial Revolution
was gathering momentum, the Royal Mint failed to produce enough
small-denomination coinage for factory owners to pay their workers. As the
currency shortage threatened to derail industrial progress, manufacturers
began to mint custom-made coins, called "tradesman's tokens." Rapidly
gaining wide acceptance, these tokens served as the nation's most popular
currency for wages and retail sales until 1821, when the Crown outlawed
all moneys except its own. Economist George Selgin presents a lively tale
of enterprising manufacturers, technological innovations, alternative
currencies, and struggles over the right to coin legal money.Wayne Homren, Editor
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