Objects
of War: Currency in a Time of Conflict
by Kevin
Clancy
Published
in association with the Royal Mint Museum
Softcover, colour illustrations throughout
136 pages
ISBN: 978-1-907427-90-9
War has shaped currencies, creating,
abolishing and moulding them. By
providing the means through which they have been fought, coins and banknotes
have proved themselves an indispensable weapon of war. But the disruption that comes with conflict
has seen usage of money change to cope with extreme circumstances. Coins have frequently been debased or often
buried in hoards as an army advances, they have found themselves saving lives
on a battlefield or becoming objects of sentiment as a memory of home. As symbols of state, money has offered the
means through which victorious leaders have proclaimed their triumphs,
evidenced from Roman Emperors through to the more poignant modern ways in which
commemoration predominates.
In this new book Kevin Clancy, Director
of the Royal Mint Museum, seeks to explore these themes, revealing how
something which thrives on stability can adapt when the normal rules of life
are turned upside down. Richly
illustrated throughout, the book focuses principally on the experience in
Britain from Tudor times but draws on other instances from around the world and
across time to show how money and war have collided and influenced one
another.
It is a fascinating story that will be
as engaging to those with an interest in military history as much as to those
of us with more than a passing interest in money.
Objects of War: Currency in a Time of Conflict by Kevin Clancy
- Product Code:SPK 5186
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£25.00
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