A History Of Money In Ancient Countries From The Earliest Times To The Present
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780766190245
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient - General
First sentence: WITHOUT entering upon the Doctrine of Money, and confining ourselves strictly to its History, it may be said that what is commonly understood as Money has always consisted, tangibly, of a number of pieces of some material, marked by public authority and named or understood in the laws or customs : that its palpable characteristic was its mark of authority ; its essential characteristic, the possession of value, defined by law ; and its function, the legal power to pay debts and taxes and the mechanical power to facilitate the exchange of other objects possessing value.