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The American Numismatic Manual: Of the Currency or Money of the Aborigines With Colonial, State, and United States Coins; With Historical and Descriptive Notices of Each Coin or Series (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The date of the change in Greek money from weight to positive coins, Of specific and guaranteed value, cannot be determined° but as Homer states, that an ox was exchanged for a bar Of brass of certain size; that a woman who understood several useful arts was Of the value of four oxen; that the brazen armor of Diomedes was of that of nine oxen, and the golden armor of Glaucus of that of one hundred oxen, we must conclude that a positive coinage did not exist in his time; while the allusion in the laws of Lycurgus to gold and silver coins prove that they were then in use; and hence, then, between these two epochs, we must place the invention of coined money.
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The date of the change in Greek money from weight to positive coins, Of specific and guaranteed value, cannot be determined° but as Homer states, that an ox was exchanged for a bar Of brass of certain size; that a woman who understood several useful arts was Of the value of four oxen; that the brazen armor of Diomedes was of that of nine oxen, and the golden armor of Glaucus of that of one hundred oxen, we must conclude that a positive coinage did not exist in his time; while the allusion in the laws of Lycurgus to gold and silver coins prove that they were then in use; and hence, then, between these two epochs, we must place the invention of coined money.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2020
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- ISBN 13 9781331989271
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages362
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