Revolutionary War就是美国独立战争，the Civil War 内战。Continental和Confederate currency两次战争时用的货币，战争的时候都贬值了（中国也有这种经历）。Continental-大陆的，应该是继承自大陆（欧洲大陆）的货币【另外：大陆法-continental law，在欧洲大陆国家和受它们影响的地区,目前适用的法律可追溯到罗马...
This thesis examines Benjamin Franklin's 1776 design for fractional currency issued by the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War. The currency is considered within the context of paper money and currency design in colonial and Revolutionary America. The use of vernacular language and "...
However, there were times in American history where the currency caused trouble and chaos. One was the Continental currency: a paper-only money printed during the Revolutionary War. States printing their own money contributed to the inflationary loss and economic hardship during and after those times...
The development of commodity-based currency systems represents more of a blurring between barter systems and later currency systems than a revolutionary change. In a commodity system, the money used is not only a "place-holder" for purchasing power, but it is something that has an inherent value...
'Midas, transmuting all, into paper': the Bank of England and the Banque de France during the Napoleonic Wars This paper assesses Revolutionary and Napoleonic wartime economic policy. Suspension of gold convertibility in 1797 allowed the Bank of England to nurture ... JS Chadha,E Newby - 《So...
This 1912 Uncirculated Bronze 1 Stotinka of the Kingdom of Bulgaria was part of a hoard found in the basement of a church in Sophia, Bulgaria. The coins were probably hidden there at the beginning of World War I, then forgotten. One side of the coin has the arms of the Kingdom of ...
The Republic of Srpska was declared in 1992 during the Bosnian War that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia. It was incorporated into Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 as part of the Dayton Accords. Since then, many in largely Serbian Christian Srpska have been agitating for regaining independence from...
2 and 4 pesos. These were equal in gold content to the earlier Spanish coins of ½, 1 and 2 escudos. Silver coins were minted from 1864 in denominations of 10, 20 and 50 centimos de peso, with silver 1-peso coins issued in 1897. During the Revolutionary period, coins were issued in...
Where did the Tennis Court Oath take place? Where did the Haitian Revolution take place? Where was the Treaty of Amity written? Where was the metric system developed? Where did the Revolutionary War take place? Where did the Inquisition take place? Where did the Constitutional Convention of 183...
The cryptounit bitcoin holds out the prospect of something revolutionary: money created in the free market, money the production and use of which the state has no access to. The transactions carried out with it are anonymous; outsiders do not know who paid or who received the payment. It is...