Money and the Mechanism of ExchangeH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 349 páginas |
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... allowed that pecunia , the Latin word for money , is derived from pecus , cattle . From the Agamem- non of Eschylus we learn that the figure of an ox was the sign first impressed upon coins , and the same is said to have been the case ...
... allowed that pecunia , the Latin word for money , is derived from pecus , cattle . From the Agamem- non of Eschylus we learn that the figure of an ox was the sign first impressed upon coins , and the same is said to have been the case ...
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... allowed for in the case of gold and silver . The metals are also perfectly divi- sible , either by the chisel or the crucible , and yet a second melting will always reunite the pieces again with little cost or loss of material . Most of ...
... allowed for in the case of gold and silver . The metals are also perfectly divi- sible , either by the chisel or the crucible , and yet a second melting will always reunite the pieces again with little cost or loss of material . Most of ...
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... allowed to take their natural relative values . ! Such appears to have been the system intended to be established by the French Revolutionary Government in terms of the abortive law of Thermidor , an III . Discs of ten grams each were ...
... allowed to take their natural relative values . ! Such appears to have been the system intended to be established by the French Revolutionary Government in terms of the abortive law of Thermidor , an III . Discs of ten grams each were ...
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... allowed , or even promoted , the currency of various foreign coins . In Germany , French and English gold coins used to be accepted , according to a well - recognised tariff . The circulation of English , French , Spanish , Mexican ...
... allowed , or even promoted , the currency of various foreign coins . In Germany , French and English gold coins used to be accepted , according to a well - recognised tariff . The circulation of English , French , Spanish , Mexican ...
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... allowed to vary in terms of the shilling . At one time it rose nearly to 30s . , owing partly to the decreased value of silver , but chiefly to the clipped and worn state of the silver money . During this interval , then , the country ...
... allowed to vary in terms of the shilling . At one time it rose nearly to 30s . , owing partly to the decreased value of silver , but chiefly to the clipped and worn state of the silver money . During this interval , then , the country ...
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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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