Medals Concerning John Law and the Mississippi System (Numismatic Notes and Monographs)

An up-to-date survey of the early-eighteenth-century medals referring to John Law and his Mississippi system, many of them satirical pieces by the German medallist Christian Wermuth.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; John Law, Larger than Life; The Literature; Census and Rarity; Descriptions of the Medals; Associated Pieces; Appendix I Concordance; Appendix II Index of Legends and Inscriptions; References; Image Credits.