ISBN10: 0852635826, ISBN13: 9780852635827, [publisher: Shire Publications, Princes Risborough Bucks] Softcover ### Shire Publication: Trade Tokens of the Industrial Revolution by Jim Newmark No.79 1981 ## ## THIS BOOK: Classified AS NEW: This is the 1981 edition, first published in 1981. A wealth of information on Trade Tokens and equipment, illustrated with descriptions, a fantastic collection, and a wonderful history. This book and a lot of others in my inventory are from private collectors and kept as new.## ## Full colour cover, satin finish. Full information where further reading and visiting is available. ## ## TRADE TOKENS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: The Industrial Revolution was a period of fundamental change, transforming the lives of the common people. Social historians have written a great deal about this period, yet few have considered the significance of tokens in assessing the spirit of the age. This book shows the important role "tokens have in furthering understanding our forebears' lives. They had to endure the disruption of their daily lives and the added burden of an acute shortage of essential copper coinage. This had been a recurrent problem over past centuries, but it was heightened at the onset and during rapid industrial growth. The popular response and bold initiative taken in these pages. The unofficial issue of token coinage, mainly of halfpenny denomination, was widely welcomed throughout Britain. Various representations and slo ...
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SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD 1981 Softcover Fine Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ISBN10: 0852635826, ISBN13: 9780852635827, [publisher: SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD] Softcover Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.18
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ISBN10: 0852635826, ISBN13: 9780852635827, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, London] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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