Money and the Mechanism of ExchangeH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 349 páginas |
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... actually the sole method of commerce among many uncivilized races . There is something absurdly incongruous in the fact that a joint - stock company , called " The African Barter Company , Limited , ” exists in London , which carries on ...
... actually the sole method of commerce among many uncivilized races . There is something absurdly incongruous in the fact that a joint - stock company , called " The African Barter Company , Limited , ” exists in London , which carries on ...
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... actually defined in terms of live - stock . In the Zend Avesta , as Professor Theodores further informs me , the scale of rewards to be paid to physicians is carefully stated , and in every case the fee consists in some sort of cattle ...
... actually defined in terms of live - stock . In the Zend Avesta , as Professor Theodores further informs me , the scale of rewards to be paid to physicians is carefully stated , and in every case the fee consists in some sort of cattle ...
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... actually received in exchange for costly commodities . This strange phenomenon is , however , in most cases capable of easy explanation , and if we were acquainted with the history of every kind of money the like explanation would no ...
... actually received in exchange for costly commodities . This strange phenomenon is , however , in most cases capable of easy explanation , and if we were acquainted with the history of every kind of money the like explanation would no ...
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... actually used as the chief medium of exchange in Sweden ; and merchants had to take a wheelbarrow with them when they went to receive payments in copper dalers . Many of the substances used as currency in former times must have been ...
... actually used as the chief medium of exchange in Sweden ; and merchants had to take a wheelbarrow with them when they went to receive payments in copper dalers . Many of the substances used as currency in former times must have been ...
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... actually does , or is by law required , to exchange for other coins . There are two ways in which the metallic value of a coin may be reduced below its nominal value , namely , by reducing either the weight or the fineness of the metal ...
... actually does , or is by law required , to exchange for other coins . There are two ways in which the metallic value of a coin may be reduced below its nominal value , namely , by reducing either the weight or the fineness of the metal ...
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adopted alloy amount arise average balance Bank of England bank-notes bankers barter bills Boulton and Watt bronze bullion cash cent centimes CHAPTER Cheque and Clearing Cheque Bank circulation Clearing House clearing system coinage commodities convenient copper debt decimal demand deposit depreciated dollar double standard employed English exactly exist foreign France French German gold and silver gold coins grains grams Gresham's Law inconveniences inconvertible interest issued kind legal tender less London London Clearing House loss measure of value medium of exchange ment merchants metallic currency metallic money metallic value method millions money of account nations nominal value ounce paid paper currency paper money payment pence penny person pound pound sterling principal profit quantity ratio receive representative money reserve seignorage shilling silver coin sovereign standard of value tion token coins token money trade transactions unit of value weight Wolowski
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