{"product_id":"as-good-as-gold-ian-moncrief-scott-9781903467039","title":"As Good as Gold: History of the Pound Sterling","description":"\u003cp\u003eDwarfing the first heartbeats of the infant Euro, England's Pound spans almost an entire millennium. Even the mighty US Dollar and the vanishing Franc, Mark and Lira can only muster 800 years between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Still the problems continued. In 1124, the King summoned leading minters. Determined to cease the debased silver pennies, he called them to trial. Over that Christmas at Winchester, more than one hundred men were separated from their hands and genitalia.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No longer gold, today's coin is a blend of copper, zinc and nickel weighing a mere 9.5 grams. Will it endure? Or, as history reveals, will another weak and indulgent custodian write a final chapter?' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Moncrief-Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1903467039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781903467039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Information Management Solutions Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.05d","brand":"Ian Moncrief-Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519591264511,"sku":"9781903467039","price":5.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99ea6b75-67b7-43de-8421-e5421efd1fc4.jpg?v=1778737805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-good-as-gold-ian-moncrief-scott-9781903467039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}