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Time for another #MoneyAtoZ thread.
A series of tweetorials based on my @iubHistory @IUCollege History of Money course (HIST-W 330).
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitcoin
C is for Cowries
d is for Penny
E is for Euro
F is for Free Banking
and ….G is for Gold. 1/
A series of tweetorials based on my @iubHistory @IUCollege History of Money course (HIST-W 330).
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitcoin
C is for Cowries
d is for Penny
E is for Euro
F is for Free Banking
and ….G is for Gold. 1/
2/Gold! It’s so sparkly & malleable. It conducts electricity well, doesn’t tarnish, is even edible. Try it on your steak tartare, or put it on your cupcakes!
Biomedical uses as well.
Ah the virtues of inertness.
Biomedical uses as well.
Ah the virtues of inertness.
3/ Who doesn’t enjoy looking at gold coins? Here’s:
Nike on a Macedonian stater;
Trajan on an aureus;
Zeus + eagle on a stater from Hellenistic Bactria;
Huvishka on a dinara from the Kushan Empire, c 150 CE;
all images @BritishMuseum #MoneyAtoZ
Nike on a Macedonian stater;
Trajan on an aureus;
Zeus + eagle on a stater from Hellenistic Bactria;
Huvishka on a dinara from the Kushan Empire, c 150 CE;
all images @BritishMuseum #MoneyAtoZ
Inspired by the #LockdownBestiary, I have created my own abecedary. (For previous entries search Twitter: #MoneyAtoZ)
a=ancient economy
b=bitcoin
c=cowry shells
d is for….[dogs?] 1/x
a=ancient economy
b=bitcoin
c=cowry shells
d is for….[dogs?] 1/x
2) d is for penny, of course!
Before it was finally decimalised in 1971 (proposals had been repeated since 1850s), British money of account consisted of pounds, shillings, pence--abbreviated £ s d: 12d to the shilling, 20s to the £. After 15/2/1971, 6d=2.5 [decimal] pence!
Before it was finally decimalised in 1971 (proposals had been repeated since 1850s), British money of account consisted of pounds, shillings, pence--abbreviated £ s d: 12d to the shilling, 20s to the £. After 15/2/1971, 6d=2.5 [decimal] pence!
3) £ s d also the abbreviation for accounting units most widely used in France before 1789: livres (lit. “pounds”) tournois, sous, deniers (12d=1s; 20s=1£). N.B. in parts of the Kingdom, accounts were kept in Hainaut or Lorraine livres. No livre or denier coin existed, however.
Inspired by the wonderful #LockdownBestiary, I present #MoneyAtoZ
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitoin
C is for Cowries (1/x)
A is for Ancient Economy
B is for Bitoin
C is for Cowries (1/x)
Cowries are sea snails (marine #gastropod #Cypraeidae) with smooth, shiny, roughly egg-shaped shells; the family is widespread, but so-called “money cowry” (named by Linnaeus, 1758) *farmed* in Indian Ocean off the Maldives Islands 2/x
3/x Like silver, cowries are widely circulated monetary materials, but they come “alrady minted”! Their shells have been used as currency for millenia; 6900 of them in burial site of Lady/Fu Hao c. 1200 BCE; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_F…
