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A History of Money

From Ancient Times to the Present Day

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A History of Money

From Ancient Times to the Present Day

GLYN DAVIES

Published in co-operation with

Julian Hodge Bank Limited

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS

CARDIFF

2002

First edition, 1994

Reprinted, 1995

Second edition, in paperback with revisions and Postcript, 1996

Reprinted, 1997

Third edition, with revisions, 2002

retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,

mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without clearance from

the University of Wales Press, 10 Columbus Walk, Brigantine Place, Cardiff

CF10 4UP.

www.wales.ac.uk/press

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 0-7083-1773-1 hardback

ISBN 0-7083-1717-0 paperback

The right of Glyn Davies to be identified as author of this work has been

asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act

1988.

Cover design by Neil James Angove

Cover illustrations: Barclaycard reproduced with permission of Barclays

Bank; tally sticks with permission of the Public Record Office; cowrie shell

and ‘owl’ of Athens with permission of the Ancient Art & Architecture

Collection; five million mark note with permission of Mary Evans Picture

Library.

Typeset in Wales at the University of Wales Press, Cardiff

Printed and bound in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design, Ebbw Vale