The Volume of Anglo-Saxon Coinage

Grierson, Philip

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1967.tb00129.x

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“…However, there are few references on the role played by government accounting in the implementation of a coinage policy to improve commerce. Yet, in economic history, the study of coinage policies has been a main branch of research (Gomes et al, 2008; Oldroyd, 1995; Sugden, 1993, for accounting history, and Day, 1999; Grierson, 1967; Mathias, 2009; Nightingale, 1985, for economic history). In the eighteenth century, for example, many of the European countries followed mercantilist policies aimed at wealth accrual by the state, especially through the accumulation of precious metals, and this involved the effective use of coinage policies to stabilize commerce (Gomes et al, 2008; see also Day, 1999).…”

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Accounting for the production of coins: The enactment and implementation of the Spanish Ordinances of the Mints, 1730

Sánchez‐Matamoros

Hidalgo

2012

Accounting History

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Critical accounting history literature has been scant on the role played by accounting in government coinage policy and its implications for governmental discourse. For this reason, we have examined the implementation of the Spanish Ordinances of the Mints enacted in 1730 and its accounting implications. This analysis allows us to observe the influence of accounting procedures over the government's monetary policy. We aim to contribute to the literature a new perspective on the role of accounting in governmental and state policies, far beyond the improvement of state income, and concerned more with ensuring the value of the coins and thereby improving commercial activity and the economy in general.

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Accounting for the production of coins: The enactment and implementation of the Spanish Ordinances of the Mints, 1730

Sánchez‐Matamoros

Hidalgo

2012

Accounting History

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“…Even if early medieval dies could have struck this many coins, however, there is disagreement over whether Carolingian mints would have been as productive as this. Nevertheless, for a large mint such as Dorestad even the sceptical Grierson was happy to accept an estimate of 10,000 coins per die, 74 which gives an output of four million coins. Dorestad was undoubtedly one of the most important mints of the empire, but it was still only one mint among many, and almost certainly significantly less productive than Charles the Bald's mint at the mines in Melle.…”

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The importance of coinage in the Carolingian world

Coupland

2022

Early Medieval Europe

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The dramatic recent increase in the number of Carolingian coin finds offers significant new insights into the political, social and economic history of the period. Coins were produced in larger numbers, circulated more widely, and were used more commonly than has been assumed, though not in all regions. There was thus a range of regional economies which themselves changed over time. Many finds can be linked to trade, both long-distance and local. A remarkably high degree of political and economic control is evident under the empire, but broke down in the 840s, and was only restored in West Francia.Coins were the most common written objects in the Carolingian world, in the words of a recent book, 1 but their significance as historical evidence has often been underappreciated by historians and archaeologists. In the last twenty years, and particularly the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of coin hoards and single finds from the Carolingian era, leading to significant new insights into the political, social and economic history of the period. The aim of this article is to set out:1

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The Cambridge Economic History of Europe from the Decline of the Roman Empire

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The Volume of Anglo-Saxon Coinage

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Accounting for the production of coins: The enactment and implementation of the Spanish Ordinances of the Mints, 1730

Accounting for the production of coins: The enactment and implementation of the Spanish Ordinances of the Mints, 1730

The importance of coinage in the Carolingian world

The Cambridge Economic History of Europe from the Decline of the Roman Empire

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