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What is money?
What exactly is money? It seems obvious. There are coins, banknotes, credit cards – wait, a credit card isn’t money, it’s just a means of transferring money, just like a cheque or an early modern bill of exchange. So what is it then? What functions must money fulfil in order to function as money?
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What is non-circulating legal tender?
There are coins that do not circulate in the country in whose name they are issued. Are they coins at all? Yes, they are. These coins belong to the category of non-circulating legal tender, which is usually abbreviated to NCLT. A very large proportion of commemorative coins minted today, if not the majority, fall into this category.
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A double Louis d’or from 1640/1
In 1640, a new coin minting technique became popular in France. Jean Varin introduced the balancier. However, the coin smiths at the old Paris mint resisted this change, as this coin shows.
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The coin tower in Beeskow
If you look closely, you can find traces of numismatics everywhere. This is also true in Beeskow, a small district town in Brandenburg. However, coins were only minted there for a very short time.
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