The silver empire: how Germany created its first common currency

Volckart, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0001-7330-111X (2024) The silver empire: how Germany created its first common currency. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (19 Sep 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

More than 300 autonomous members of the Holy Roman Empire came together to create a common currency based on silver in the mid-sixteenth century. Drawing on a new book, Oliver Volckart explains the background to this important moment in Europe’s economic history.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Economic History
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2024 14:30
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2025 23:19
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125733

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