Les objets monétiformes - article ; n°157 ; vol.6, pg 153-162

Sylvie Turckheim-Pey

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Revue numismatique - Année 2001 - Volume 6 - Numéro 157 - Pages 153-162
Summary, — The evolution of societies and their recognition of the coin as an irrefutable instrument of authority, prosperity and domination forces us to consider this exceptional exchange medium as a bearer of multi-faceted themes. After hesitation over the definition of a money-shaped object, even if such a thing was tacitly recognized, it was only in the 19th century that it received official acceptance. Thereafter everything that had the look or the form of money could claim to be money-shaped (monetiform), though it would never become monetary nor have a face-value, except in some rare cases. Money-shaped objects may have a documentary, political, religious, artistic or utilitarian mission which is recognized and accepted nearly world-wide. Some examples will enable us to demonstrate this from Antiquity to our time.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: REVUE_NUMISMATIQUE
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 44
• Langue: Français

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Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey

Les objets monétiformes

In: Revue numismatique, 6e série - Tome 157, année 2001 pp. 153-162.

Abstract

Summary, — The evolution of societies and their recognition of the coin as an irrefutable instrument of authority, prosperity and

domination forces us to consider this exceptional exchange medium as a bearer of multi-faceted themes. After hesitation over the

definition of a money-shaped object, even if such a thing was tacitly recognized, it was only in the 19th century that it received

official acceptance. Thereafter everything that had the look or the form of money could claim to be money-shaped (monetiform),

though it would never become monetary nor have a face-value, except in some rare cases. Money-shaped objects may have a

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Citer ce document / Cite this document :

de Turckheim-Pey Sylvie. Les objets monétiformes. In: Revue numismatique, 6e série - Tome 157, année 2001 pp. 153-162.

doi : 10.3406/numi.2001.2324

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/numi_0484-8942_2001_num_6_157_2324