Over on the discussion board, Oliver and Antti suggest that I read two essays from Alfred Mitchell-Innes. Here are a few thoughts.  ...

While our modern monetary system certainly has plenty of detractors, one of its successes is that we no longer need the services of th...

"The head of a fool on the neck of an ass." That's how Londoners described the strange silver coin pictured above, which ...

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