EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. A Survey of Primitive Money: The Beginnings of Currency. A. Hingston Quiggin. Ocala, Florida, First Impressions Printing, 1992 reprint of the Methuen (London) 1949 first edition. 8vo, textured cream printed wraps, illustrated throughout with in-text figures by Daphne Kennett, 34 monochrome plates, and 4 folding maps, with a foreword by Charles J. Opitz and the original introduction by A.C. Haddon retained. A classic study of ?odd and curious? money in its real setting, surveying exchange media from shells, beads and teeth to salt, cloth, cattle, manillas, ring money, and tool and weapon forms, always focusing on how and why these currencies worked within society rather than treating them as curiosities. Broad geographic coverage spans Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas, with useful discussion of circulation, ceremony, bridewealth and compensation, and the overlap between traditional monies and coined currency in contact periods. The plates and folding maps give strong visual support, while the text is rich in citations and remains a dependable foundation for identification and study. Bright, clean copy with only light handling, clean pages, and a small, neat tape reinforcement inside the front hinge.

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