George Selgin Pubblico Deposited
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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:25:09 -0000
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--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Howes <jackhowes@y...>"
<jackhowes@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello group and happy holidays:
>
> I only joined this group recently and have read through most of the
> message archive which I find fascinating, especially the posted
images
> and related discussions of the images.
>
> I also find the background of the time period interesting i.e., who
> made these tokens and counterfeits and why.
>
> Anyway, the point of this post is that I ran into an article by a
guy
> named George Selgin. He is an Economics professor at the University
> of Georgia. He has an "working paper" on his site that I think a
> number of the members of this group would find interesting.
>
> It is about the small change problem in England in the late 18th
> century; the time of private tokens and counterfeits.
>
> http://www.terry.uga.edu/~selgin/files/HOTAIR9.pdf
>
> I believe I agree with most of his argument with the exception of
his
> point that cast counterfeits were cheaper to make than struck
> counterfeits.
>
> Jack
Thanks Jack, this seems to contain a lot of information, all in one
place, that I've been looking for - recomended (maybe even required)
reading for any serious student of counterfeit halfpence!
Byron - 2002-12-23
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