Bimetallism: an economic and historical analysis

Abstract

Acknowledgements 1. From the Carolingian penny to the Classical gold standard 2. The mechanics of commodity money 3. Bimetallism before the nineteenth century 4. The issue of small-denomination coins 5. Token coinage and the gold standard in the United Kingdom 6. Transition to the gold standard in France 7. Bimetallism in the United States 8. Conclusions References Index.