A History of Currency in the British Colonies. by Chalmers, Robert, Sir, b. 1858 - 2007

A standard work; covers currencies of America and the West Indies, Africa, Australasia, the Mediterranean, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong, more. Mr. Chalmers explains in his preface that the work owed its origin to the official duty of collecting, in his official capacity at the Treasury, a large amount of varied information relating to Colonial currency, much of which had not before been published. This book is mainly based on official documents, many of which are printed in the appendices. Facsimile of the London, HMSO, 1893 original edition. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hard Cover. 496 pages; 23.5 cm. New from publisher, in shrinkwrap / no dj. Stock#43124/h.