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The Value of Money

The Value of Money

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781935623809
Publisher: Smithsonian
Imprint: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 737
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 172
Weight: 744g
Height: 216mm
Width: 261mm
Spine width: 18mm