Middle Ages: 8 Silver Coins Collection (about 600-1000 years ago)
This collection features eight silver and billon (silver-copper alloy) coins spanning the ten centuries between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance.
Technical Details:
Format: Eight-coin boxed set
Box ID: MIDDLEAGES8CNBOX
Materials: Silver and billon coins
Historical Significance: The Middle Ages represented a transitional period during which silver coins re-emerged as a nearly universal currency recognized across diverse cultures, from Europe to Asia. These coins helped pave the way for our modern global economy by facilitating trade across political and cultural boundaries. As the collection description notes: "It might be said that the road to our modern global economy was paved with silver." These coins would have passed through the hands of medieval merchants, nobles, and ordinary people during a formative period of economic development.
This collection features eight silver and billon (silver-copper alloy) coins spanning the ten centuries between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance.
Technical Details:
Format: Eight-coin boxed set
Box ID: MIDDLEAGES8CNBOX
Materials: Silver and billon coins
Historical Significance: The Middle Ages represented a transitional period during which silver coins re-emerged as a nearly universal currency recognized across diverse cultures, from Europe to Asia. These coins helped pave the way for our modern global economy by facilitating trade across political and cultural boundaries. As the collection description notes: "It might be said that the road to our modern global economy was paved with silver." These coins would have passed through the hands of medieval merchants, nobles, and ordinary people during a formative period of economic development.
This collection features eight silver and billon (silver-copper alloy) coins spanning the ten centuries between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance.
Technical Details:
Format: Eight-coin boxed set
Box ID: MIDDLEAGES8CNBOX
Materials: Silver and billon coins
Historical Significance: The Middle Ages represented a transitional period during which silver coins re-emerged as a nearly universal currency recognized across diverse cultures, from Europe to Asia. These coins helped pave the way for our modern global economy by facilitating trade across political and cultural boundaries. As the collection description notes: "It might be said that the road to our modern global economy was paved with silver." These coins would have passed through the hands of medieval merchants, nobles, and ordinary people during a formative period of economic development.
