Deborah YaffeAug 12, 2019Austen's pewterJane Austen, her brother Henry would have us believe, didn’t care about making money. “She became an authoress entirely from taste and...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2018Minting money from the Austen tennerThe Jane Austen £10 note has been circulating for only four months, but already its most collectible iterations are fetching inflated...
Deborah YaffeOct 9, 2017Serial-number currencyWhen is $13 worth $9,410? When it’s embodied in a low-serial-number Jane Austen banknote, apparently. Last week, the Bank of England...
Deborah YaffeApr 24, 2017Debuting the Austen tennerJane Austen spent years living in straitened circumstances and earned only modest sums from her work, completely missing the giant...