AR1A124 Numismatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Grossmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 8:00–9:40 B2.34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! AR2B63 Numismatics &&!NOW( AR1A245 Numismatics )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic grasp of numismatics, to familiarize them with its basic concepts, sources and methodology. The subject deals with the history of money from pre-minted money to modern monetary systems; It examines monetary-historical development and the function of exchange and money resources, together with their economic, historical and social significance. The course focuses on various types of payments, the emergence and development of money and monetary systems on a European scale, with particular reference to the Czech lands. The aim is to provide basic information on monetary history, currency periods and different types of payments.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- summarize the basic concepts, sources and methodological approaches in numismatics
- describe the origin and function of money
- describe and analyse the main monetary periods in the history of money from ancient times to the 20th century
- identify the main methods of payment from the period before currencies and antiquity
- determine the individual types of currency in the various monetary periods at a European level with a special focus on the Czech lands
- describe the basic methods for producing currencies including the sources of precious metals for coinage
Syllabus
  • Introduction to numismatics, development of numismatic research, basic literature
  • Sources and methodologies
  • Pre-minted means of payment
  • The origin of coins and currency systems in Ancient times (Greece, Rome, Celtic coinage)
  • Byzantine currency and means of payment in Great Moravia
  • Medieval coinage in the Czech lands within a Central European context
  • The role of gold in coinage, the iconography of Medieval coin illustrations
  • The groschen currency, the importance of the Prague groschen
  • The era of the tolar currency and monetary reform
  • Conventional currency and the first paper money
  • Development of coinage techniques, sources of precious metal for coinage in the Czech lands
  • Monetary developments in the Czech lands in modern times, the emergence of the Czechoslovak crown currency and monetary institutions
Literature
  • NOHEJLOVÁ-PRÁTOVÁ, Emanuela. Základy numismatiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1975, 263 s. URL info
  • SEJBAL, Jiří. Základy peněžního vývoje. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 420 s. ISBN 8021017341. info
  • SEJBAL, Jiří. Dějiny peněz na Moravě. První vydání. Brno: Blok, 1979, 209 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Teaching is in the form of lectures, supplemented by practical exercises consisting of determining numismatic material.
Assessment methods
At the end of the the course there will be a colloquium consisting of two sections: 1. Theoretical section - a written test to display the student's knowledge of the discipline; 2. Practical section - identification of numismatic material
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught last offered.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět s tímto kódem bude na jaře 2021 vypsán naposledy.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisují imatrikulační ročníky 2016-2018.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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