London’s Market for Bullion and Specie in the Eighteenth Century: The Roles of the London Mint and the Bank of England in the Stabilization of Prices

Anthony C. Hotson and Terence C. Mills

Chapter 12 in Money, Prices and Wages, 2015, pp 211-227 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract A public market for bullion and foreign coins flourished in London for most of the eighteenth century. Prices were published by Houghton (1969) and Freke,1 but Castaing’s Course of the Exchange provides a remarkable record over an extended period.2 Professor Mayhew encouraged us to study these prices when he was Director of the Winton Institute for Monetary History at the Ashmolean Museum. It is therefore a great pleasure to report some of the results of this project in this volume.

Keywords: Eighteenth Century; Legal Tender; Gold Price; Gold Coin; Gold Species (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137394026_13

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