Georgia State University Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University History Faculty Publications Department of History 2009 From Cowries to Coins: Money and Colonialism in the Gold Coast From Cowries to Coins: Money and Colonialism in the Gold Coast and British West Africa in the Early 20th Century and British West Africa in the Early 20th Century Harcourt Fuller Georgia State University, hfuller@gsu.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_facpub Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Recommended Citation Fuller, H. “From Cowries to Coins: Money and Colonialism in the Gold Coast and British West Africa in the Early 20th Century.” In Money in Africa, edited by Catherine Eagleton, Harcourt Fuller, and John Perkins, 54-61. London: British Museum Research Publications, 2009. This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of History at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gsu.edu.