Author: James O. SweenyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780950759401
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
A Numismatic History of the Birmingham Mint
Author: James O. SweenyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780950759401
Category : Coinage
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Thomas William Kinder and the Japanese Imperial Mint, 1868-1875
Author: Roy HanashiroPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004644873
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
An analysis of the phenomenon of the Japanese adopting Western technology but resisting foreign domination during Meiji Japan. It is a fascinating study on the founding of the Japanese Imperial Mint, the role of its director Thomas William Kinder, the Meiji government's effort to adopt technology, but at the same time its struggle to maintain its authority at the Mint.
The Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands
Author: George DemidowiczPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1802070931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the ground-breaking historic industrial complex created to the west of Birmingham in the eighteenth century and associated with Matthew Boulton, James Watt, and William Murdoch. The Soho Manufactory (1761-1863) and Soho Mint (1788-1850s) were both situated in the historic parish of Handsworth, now in the city of Birmingham, and the Soho Foundry (1795-1895) lay in the historic township of Smethwick, now within Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. Together they played a key role in the Industrial Revolution , achieving many world 'firsts': the first working Watt steam engine, the first steam-engine powered mint and the first purpose-built steam engine manufactory (the Soho Foundry), to name but a few. Existing literature focuses largely on the biography of the people, primarily Boulton and Watt, or the products they manufactured. The place - the Soho complex - has attracted very little attention. This volume is the first to concentrate on the buildings themselves analysing not only their physical origins, development and eventual decline but also the water and steam power systems adopted. An interdisciplinary approach has been employed combining archival research in the magnificent Soho collection at the Library of Birmingham with the results of archaeological excavations. The volume is profusely illustrated with archival material, most published for the first time, and contains a large number of reconstruction plans and drawings by the author.
A Survey of Numismatic Research, 1978-1984: Ancient, medieval and modern numismatics
Author: Encyclopedia Small Silver Coins
Author: Roger Dewardt LanePublisher: Roger deWardt Lane
ISBN: 0615244793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Softcover book - The latest incarnation of Brother Can You Spare A Dime? - Modern Dime Size Silver Coins of the World with Footnotes to History has been published in a Third Edition. This work, a many year project to study these coins as miniature engravings of Art and History, was first published in 1997. Several years later a CD-rom was produced as the Second Edition. The author won a Numismatic Literary Guild Award for this Edition. The Third Edition, a 600 page book with over a thousand enlarged scans of the coins from the mid 1800's to 1970 show coins from around the world - Afghanistan to Yemen. These coins were the money of the people at the time; one would represent a days work, purchase a meal or a night's entertainment. Kings, Queens and Statesmen are portrayed on dozens, with little biographies of many. More than a numismatic book, this anthology is a fine way to develop a better understanding of money in use during the previous two centuries. A great addition to your numismatic library.
Transactions and Proceedings
Author: Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Warwickshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Heritage World Coin Auction #3000 Long Beach
Author: Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781599672519
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A New History of the Royal Mint
Author: C. E. ChallisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521240260
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
This major study traces the development of English minting from the seventh-century to the twentieth-century.
Numismatist and Year Book
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
Vols. 24-52 include the proceedings of the A.N.A. convention. 1911-39.
Southwest China in a Regional and Global Perspective (c.1600-1911)
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004353712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The book Southwest China in Regional and Global Perspectives (c. 1600-1911) is dedicated to important issues in society, trade, and local policy in the southwestern provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan during the late phase of the Qing period. It combines the methods of various disciplines to bring more light into the neglected history of a region that witnessed a faster population growth than any other region in China during that age. The contributions to the volume analyse conflicts and arrangements in immigrant societies, problems of environmental change, the economic significance of copper as the most important “export” product, topographical and legal obstacles in trade and transport, specific problems in inter-regional trade, and the roots of modern transnational enterprise.