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工业革命—前传:07.银子还是金子?

07 Oct 2017

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上文书说到,牛顿上任造币厂总监。正好在这一年发生了英格兰银行的挤兑风波。一群金匠来到英格兰银行,要求兑换。金匠都是手艺人啊,看来他们都挺有钱啊。要知道,当时的金匠可不仅仅是手艺人啊。他们平常给人打造金银器皿,打个首饰啥的。一般情况下,都是拿着金子银子来加工,保不齐人家就把金子银子存在金匠铺子里。人家一般也不担心,反正也不怕赖账,大不了上法院打官司。金匠他家有金子,卖了就是钱。所以啊,很多金银匠人都从事金融活动,倒卖贵金属是常有的。英国第一批银行家就是从这批人之中诞生的。当然啦,金银手艺人之外的人也有从事金融借贷的。都是外来户,比如说荷兰人啊,还有遭人鄙视的犹太人嘛,《威尼斯商人》大家都知道吧……

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