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The art of money : the history and design of paper currency from around the world by David Standish ; photographs by Tony Armour ; photography Joshua Dunn
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HG 353 .S73 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Standish, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paper money--Case studies.
- Paper money.
- Physical Description:
- 144 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2000.
- Summary:
- A beautifully illustrated history of paper currency from around the world offers a close-up look at a variety of international bills, detailing the various people, places, animals, historical events, and other subjects appearing on the currency from some eighty countries. Both a cultural history and an artful design book, this volume chronicles the origins of currency, the symbols behind the designs, and the often nationalistic and propagandistic motives underlying them. After a history tracing the path of commodity-currencies, the book looks at the subject matter, by category, behind the designs of various paper money from its origin to today's Euro.
- Contents:
- A Short History of Money 12
- Section I International
- Section II United States.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Standish, David. Art of money.
- ISBN:
- 0811828050
- 9780811828055
- OCLC:
- 43615306
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- Contributor biographical information
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