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The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency. By Oliver Volckart. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 384. $39.99, hardcover.

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The Silver Empire: How Germany Created Its First Common Currency. By Oliver Volckart. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 384. $39.99, hardcover.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2024

Michael Schiltz
Michael Schiltz*
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Hokkaido University
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 1247 - 1249
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Economic History Association

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