Money and the Mechanism of ExchangeH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 349 páginas |
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... in the fact that a joint - stock company , called " The African Barter Company , Limited , ” exists in London , which carries on its transactions upon the West Coast of Africa entirely by bartering European manufactures for 2 MONEY .
... in the fact that a joint - stock company , called " The African Barter Company , Limited , ” exists in London , which carries on its transactions upon the West Coast of Africa entirely by bartering European manufactures for 2 MONEY .
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... exist in its present complex form without the means which money constitutes of valuing , distributing , and contracting for commodities of various kinds . Want of Coincidence in Barter . The first difficulty in barter is to find two ...
... exist in its present complex form without the means which money constitutes of valuing , distributing , and contracting for commodities of various kinds . Want of Coincidence in Barter . The first difficulty in barter is to find two ...
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... exist no less than 4950 possible ratios of exchange , and all these ratios must be carefully adjusted so as to be consistent with each other , else the acute trader will be able to profit by buying from some and selling to others . All ...
... exist no less than 4950 possible ratios of exchange , and all these ratios must be carefully adjusted so as to be consistent with each other , else the acute trader will be able to profit by buying from some and selling to others . All ...
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... exist , but this is easily accounted for by the rapidity with which the metal rusts . In the absence of specimens , we do not know the form and size of the money , but it is probable that it consisted of small bars , ingots , or spikes ...
... exist , but this is easily accounted for by the rapidity with which the metal rusts . In the absence of specimens , we do not know the form and size of the money , but it is probable that it consisted of small bars , ingots , or spikes ...
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... exist in almost all parts of the world , and wherever lead is produced , a small but steady yield of silver is obtained from it by the Pattin- son method of extraction . Gold . Silver is beautiful , yet gold is even more beautiful , and ...
... exist in almost all parts of the world , and wherever lead is produced , a small but steady yield of silver is obtained from it by the Pattin- son method of extraction . Gold . Silver is beautiful , yet gold is even more beautiful , and ...
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adopted alloy amount arise average balance Bank of England bank-notes bankers barter bills Branch Bank bronze bullion cash cent centimes CHAPTER cheque and clearing Cheque Bank circulation Clearing House clearing system coinage commodities convenient copper Crown 8vo debt decimal demand Demy 8vo deposit depreciated dollar double standard employed English exactly Fcap foreign France French German gold and silver gold coins grains grams Gresham's Law inconveniences interest issued kind legal tender London London Clearing House Manchester measure of value medium of exchange ment merchants metallic currency metallic money metallic value method money of account nations paid paper money payment pence penny person Post 8vo pound pound sterling principal profit quantity ratio receive representative money reserve Second Edition seignorage shilling silver coin sovereign standard of value tion token token coins token money trade transactions unit of value vols weight Wolowski
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