Britain

37 chapters in all · about 2 h 23 min

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All chapters (37)

1. The gold of the Celts　about 4 min
2. The name of a tribal king　about 4 min
3. The landing of Rome　about 4 min
4. The usurper's mint　about 5 min
5. The island where money vanished　about 4 min
6. Grains of silver　about 4 min
7. Offa's penny　about 4 min
8. Alfred and the Danes　about 4 min
9. The Danegeld　about 4 min
10. The ledger of the conquest　about 4 min
11. The name of sterling　about 4 min
12. The long cross and the expulsion　about 5 min
13. The golden age of the penny　about 4 min
14. The gold coin that failed　about 4 min
15. The money of the Hundred Years' War　about 3 min
16. The Wars of the Roses and the angel　about 3 min
17. The Great Debasement　about 3 min
18. Gresham and the recoinage　about 4 min
19. The money of the siege　about 4 min
20. The guinea　about 4 min
21. The machine-made coin　about 3 min
22. The Bank of England　about 4 min
23. Newton's Great Recoinage　about 5 min
24. The South Sea Bubble　about 4 min
25. Minting by steam　about 4 min
26. The paper pound　about 4 min
27. The sovereign is born　about 4 min
28. Peel's Act　about 3 min
29. The bank of the world　about 4 min
30. 1914　about 3 min
31. Churchill's mistake　about 4 min
32. 1931　about 4 min
33. The changing of the reserve currency　about 3 min
34. The pound in the pocket　about 4 min
35. Decimal Day　about 4 min
36. Twenty years of crisis　about 5 min
37. The island's choice　about 5 min

The history of money in Britain, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.