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The NI Bulletin Editorial Staff stresses the “something for everyone” concept by trying to have each bulletin content cover a wide variety of numismatic subjects. All articles in the NI Bulletin are donated by members or are reprinted from previous works.
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The current NI Bulletin is Volume 55 Nos. 2 dated March 2020. A sample of the beginning of the articles in this NI Bulletin are:
- Brexit and Troy Weight (Part II), by Robert Tye. In the first part of this article, I drew attention to a nearly forgotten breakdown in trade, between England and the Continent - Offa and Charlemagne - around 790 AD. Associated with the event was a revision of coin weights. Further..........
- The Use of Gold as a Medium of Exchange in Chinese Culture, by Joseph Uphoff (NLG NI #1411). Commencing with the Shang, cowrie shells were used as a form of trade. Eventually, other items joined them such as knives and spades. With any item, imitations would be produced. With the shells,...........
- The French Colonial Stampee- Advancing the Narrative, by David Wolfer (NI# 2793). Preface and 1st Article of the Royal Edict of Versailles, January 1763: "Louis, by the grace of God, King of France and of Vavarre. To all present and those to come, I salute you. By our edict of 1721, we ordered the issue.......
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