Today we live in a highly connected and globalised world, one that has shrunk as modern technology has made it ever quicker and easier to access far flung corners of the globe. But, as a nation, we have been travelling and trading via the seas for centuries. With large profits to be made these trade routes have had an impact on coinage and the nation’s economy. Over this episode we will see the effect that this maritime trade has had on our coinage and how our coinage has affected that trade. We will be focusing mainly on the golden age of sail in this episode, so roughly the 16th to early 19th century, and if you were trading in this period what would you have been using?Find out more at https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/podcast/