Steam, hot air, and small change: Matthew Boulton and the reform of Britain's coinage

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 478-509

  Selgin, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FISCAL REFORM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642528496     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2003.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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