Monetary Studies
Volume IV   No. 2   June 2000
Research Papers

CIRCULATION OF COINS IN LITHUANIA IN THE 18th CENTURY ACCORDING TO ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA  
Eduardas Remecas

The article discusses the circulation of coins on the territory of Lithuania in the 18th century relying on individual finds of coins and hoards of coins. The length of time during which coins were circulated is analysed along with their quantity, local and regional specificity, the reasons they were found and their role at one or another period of time. Comparative information from other regions of the Lithuanian–Polish state (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine) is presented.

List of maps and tables

1 map. 18th c. (up to 1748) locations of finds of coins
2 map. 18th c. (from 1749 to 1764) locations of finds of coins
3 map. 18th c. (from 1765 on) locations of finds of coins
Appendix. Locations of finds of coins and units according to year of minting

Full article in Lithuanian language

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