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This work looks at private enterprise and the foundation of modern coinage. It tells the story of British manufacturers' challenge to the Crown's monopoly on coinage and presents a tale of enterprising manufacturers, technological innovations, and struggles over the right to coin legal money.Selgin, George Anthony is the author of 'Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821' with ISBN 9780472116317 and ISBN 0472116312.
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