Currency as Commodity, as Symbol of Sovereignty and as Subject of Legal Dispute: Henri Greffülhe and the Coinage of Zanzibar in the Late Nineteenth Century

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Eagleton, Catherine. 2018. « Currency As Commodity, As Symbol of Sovereignty and As Subject of Legal Dispute: Henri Greffülhe and the Coinage of Zanzibar in the Late Nineteenth Century ». In Currencies of the Indian Ocean World, 113-40. Springer International Publishing, bibliographie, consulté le 2 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/49211

Titre

Currency as Commodity, as Symbol of Sovereignty and as Subject of Legal Dispute: Henri Greffülhe and the Coinage of Zanzibar in the Late Nineteenth Century

Créateur

Eagleton, Catherine Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

rédacteur

Serels, Steven Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Campbell, Gwyn Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Sujet

Numismatique -- Zanzibar Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

This chapter considers silver and copper coins issued for Zanzibar in the l880s in the name of Sultan Barghash. Minted in Belgium by a syndicate led by the French merchant Henri Greffülhe, these coins became the subject of a legal dispute involving Great Britain which was settled by international arbitration. Eagleton argues that these coins are more than just a numismatic curiosity and that this case study can be a way of understanding changing and competing ideas of sovereignty, connected to legal and territorial disputes during this critical period in East African history. The chapter ends by showing that this symbolic power of money endures, since Zanzibaris still saw these coins symbols of the Sultan’s sovereignty in the 1930s, after the island had been under British rule for more than 40 years.

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Currencies of the Indian Ocean World Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

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Cham

Editeur

Springer International Publishing Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2019

pages

113-140

Langue

eng

ISBN

978-3-030-20973-5

uri

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20973-5_6

Eagleton, Catherine. 2018. « Currency As Commodity, As Symbol of Sovereignty and As Subject of Legal Dispute: Henri Greffülhe and the Coinage of Zanzibar in the Late Nineteenth Century ». In Currencies of the Indian Ocean World, 113-40. Springer International Publishing, bibliographie, consulté le 2 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/49211