Rössner, Philipp Robinson - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 47 (2014) 2, pp. 297-340
Currency debasement, defined as a loss of precious metal content (intrinsic value) of the circulating penny currencies over time, was a common feature in the monetary history of Europe, c. 1400–1900. Over the centuries the loss rate was sustained; between 1400 and 1900 A. D. the (south) German...