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The Value of Money

by Ellen R. Feingold
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The Value of Money celebrates the power of using monetary objects to explore history. This richly illustrated book features over 175 objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection. With objects from every inhabited continent, spanning more than 2,600 years, this book showcases the National Numismatic Collection’s unique strengths, including the geographic and chronological diversity of the collection and the stunning rarities it contains. The companion volume to a major exhibition of the same name, this book examines the origins of money, new monetary technologies, the political and cultural messages money conveys, numismatic art and design, and the practice of collecting money. The Value of Money connects American history to global histories of exchange, cultural interaction and expression, political change, and innovation.
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Publisher: Smithsonian

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  • Release date: October 13, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781935623816
  • File size: 199975 KB
  • Release date: October 13, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781935623816
  • File size: 199975 KB
  • Release date: October 13, 2015

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Antiques History Nonfiction

Languages

English

The Value of Money celebrates the power of using monetary objects to explore history. This richly illustrated book features over 175 objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s National Numismatic Collection. With objects from every inhabited continent, spanning more than 2,600 years, this book showcases the National Numismatic Collection’s unique strengths, including the geographic and chronological diversity of the collection and the stunning rarities it contains. The companion volume to a major exhibition of the same name, this book examines the origins of money, new monetary technologies, the political and cultural messages money conveys, numismatic art and design, and the practice of collecting money. The Value of Money connects American history to global histories of exchange, cultural interaction and expression, political change, and innovation.
Expand title description text
Antiques History Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Smithsonian

    Kindle Book
    Release date: October 13, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781935623816
    File size: 199975 KB
    Release date: October 13, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781935623816
    File size: 199975 KB
    Release date: October 13, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English