La moneda menuda en la circulación monetaria de la ciudad de México. Siglo XVIII
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12087918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Enriqueta Quiroz (0000-0001-7777-458X, Instituto Mora, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-249 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0742-9797 • E-ISSN: 1533-8320 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/msem.2006.22.2.219 |
| OpenAlex | W2068329949 |
| Language | ES |
| Citations received | 5 |
The object of this article is to illustrate that in the eighteenth century there existed-at least in Mexico City-a much more active monetary circulation than was previously thought. To this end, minting levels during that period have been analyzed and a basic difference has been established between coined pieces and their worth. The volume of small currency has received special attention, because this is the currency that circulated in the daily market and was used to fix the prices of foodstuffs as well as to pay daily wages in the capital. In this article, the quantities of small currency have been estimated to be significantly large, which, together with the high volumes of basic goods sold in the city as well as the prices and consumption levels among its inhabitants, has cast doubt over the validity of a shortage of circulating currency during this time period. El artículo intenta demostrar que existió en el siglo XVIII-al menos en la ciudad de México -una circulación monetaria mucho más activa de la que hasta ahora se ha aceptado. Con ese propósito se revisan los niveles de acuñación y se establece una diferencia básica entre valor y piezas acuñadas. De manera particular se identifica el volumen de moneda menuda acuñada, claro está, porque esta moneda era la que circulaba en los mercados cotidianos, y bajo la cual se fijaban los precios de los comestibles y se pagaban los jornales diarios en la capital. En el artículo se estiman importantes volúmenes de piezas de moneda menuda acuñada que junto a los altos volúmenes de productos básicos vendidos en dicha ciudad, los niveles de precios y de consumo entre los capitalinos, se pondría en duda la escasez de circulante
Art · Currency · Economic shortage · Economics · Economy · Humanities · Monetary economics · Political science · Historical Studies in Latin America · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |