by:
Wie, Paul D. Van
Van Wie, Paul D.

Publisher:
University Press of America
Published:December 30, 1998
ISBN:0761812210
Format:Hardcover
Pages:224

Description: Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. France
The Old Regime
French Revolution
Constitutional Monarchy
The Republic
Napoleonic Coinage
French Coinage and the Change of Regimes

French Republican Coinage 1870-Present
Chapter 2. Germany
Coinage Systems in the German Lands

Iconography of German Coinage 1815-1870
Coinage System of the Second Reich 1871-1914
The German Coinage System in World War I
Weimar Republic
The Third Reich
Post World War II
The German Democratic Republic
Chapter 3. Britain
Introduction
The Royal Effigy
The Royal Titles
The Crown
The Royal Monogram
Britannia
Heraldry
Floral Emblems
St. George
The Royal Maundy Coinage
British Commemorative Coinage
British Coinage Redesigned (1936-1937)
British Coinage Revolutionized: The
Decimal Era
Ireland
Chapter 4. The Habsburg Empire and Austria
Introduction
The Centralization of the Habsburg Monetary Systems
The Impact of Nationalism
The Dual Monarchy: Austria
The Dual Monarchy: Hungary
The Austrian Republic
Chapter 5. Russia
Introduction: The Russian Empire
Coinage of Imperial Russia in theNineteenth
and Twentieth Centuries (1801-1917)
Distinctive Monetary Systems Within the Russian Empire
Coinage of Soviet Russia 1917-1991
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Former Soviet Republics
Chapter 6. Italy
Introduction
Napoleonic Italy
The Risorgimento
The Kingdom of Italy
Fascist Italy
The Republic
Coinage of the Popes: The Papal States and
Vatican City
Chapter 7. Spain, Switzerland, Belgium
Introduction: Spain
War and Revolution
Civil War, Dictatorship, and Restoration
Introduction: Switzerland
The Period of Cantonal Coinage
Swiss Federal Coinage
Introduction: Belgium
The First Half Century of Belgian Coinage
The Politics of Language
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author
Paul D. van Wie is Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at Hofstra University and is Commissioner of Landmarks and Historic Preservation, Town of Hempstead - Long Island, New York.