5 sentences with 'coffers'
Example sentences and phrases with the word coffers and other words derived from it.
• « At the time, no other member of the League could do anything about it, since the League existed as an Athenian-controlled empire, pumping money into Athenian coffers and allowing Athens to build some of its most famous and beautiful buildings. »
• « Spain's vast empire continued to produce great wealth, but relatively little of it ended up in the monarchy's coffers, and the large-scale, slave-based extraction of precious metals from the New World clashed with simple economic laws: by the 17th century this bullion-based system was in dire straits thanks to the inflation of silver imports introduced into the European economy. »
• « Although Elizabeth's long reign (r. 1558 - 1603) coincided with a golden age of English culture, most notably the works of Shakespeare, the money looted from Catholic coffers had dried up by the end of it. »
• « According to this mentality, kingdoms could only increase their wealth by seizing more territory, especially territories that would somehow increase the flow of precious metals into the royal coffers. »