A New History of the Royal MintThis major study traces the development of English minting from its origins in the seventh-century down to the highly mechanised factory production of the twentieth-century. It brings together the complementary skills of specialists who are already well-known for their distinctive contributions to the history of minting and coinage, and breaks ground by providing prevalent synthesis and analysis not only of numismatic and historical literature but also of primary sources. In each of the five chapters the location of minting, the chronology and size of output, mint personnel and organisation, and the main technology employed are closely described and analysed to reveal precisely what the main challenges to the Mint have been during its long history, and with what effect it has faced up to them. There are two substantial appendices - one on output from 1220 to 1985, the other on Mint contracts from 1279 to 1817 - a select bibliography, and copious illustrations in the form of 80 figures and maps. |
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Contents
THE ENGLISH AND NORMAN MINTS c 6001158 | 1 |
MintSeries and Rulers in Southern England to the Mid | 18 |
English Mint Series from Offa to Ecgberht | 22 |
English Coins from Aethelwulf to Alfred and Early Vikings | 36 |
Named English Mints of the AngloSaxon and Norman | 42 |
English Coins from Athelstan to Stephen | 52 |
Mints of the AngloSaxon and Norman Periods | 60 |
FROM REGIONAL TO CENTRAL MINTING 11581464 | 83 |
Known Output of English Gold and Silver Coin Tower | 191 |
Output at York and Bristol 14691472 | 197 |
Output of Gold and Silver Coin Tower Mint 14621544 | 199 |
Net Profits accounted for by the Warden of the Tower | 211 |
Particulars of the Account of William Stafford Warden of | 213 |
Sir Martin Bowes 14971566 | 231 |
Estimated Output of Debased English Coin 15441551 | 233 |
Comparative Profits Excluding Overheads on Known | 239 |
Coins from the Short Cross Period to the Reign of Edward I | 100 |
Part of the Ready Reckoner from A Treatise on the | 125 |
Summary Table of Mint Charges 12781464 | 134 |
Profit and Loss at London and Canterbury 13221344 | 146 |
Dies for Groats and HalfGroats of Edward III | 156 |
Gold and Groats from Edward III to Henry VI | 164 |
LORD HASTINGS TO THE GREAT SILVER RECOINAGE | 179 |
The Gold and Silver Trial Plates of 1477 | 188 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A New History of the Royal Mint |
| Editor | C. E. Challis |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0521240263, 9780521240260 |
| Length | 806 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Business & Economics / Economic History History / Europe / Great Britain / General |
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