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The Mint
John Craig
其他書名
A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948
出版Cambridge University Press, 2011-10-27
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN052117077X9780521170772
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=595P_5IfT-gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋For an august and important institution of the realm, whose activities concern every citizen so constantly and continuously, is it not surprising how little every citizen knows of the London Mint in detail? In this 1953 book its story up until the 1950s is told with unimpeachable authority by Sir John Craig, former Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint and Engraver of the King's Seals. Any reader may follow the chronology of the Mint, from the many crude workshops of the early days to the central, nationally recognised organisation with statutory safeguards that it has become. Here they may read of those who influenced the growth and policy of the Mint, watch the development of monetary theory, as well as the changes in technical processes of coin making, and the gradual evolution of statutory control. The whole work is illustrated from the archives of the Mint.