Money and the Mechanism of ExchangeH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 349 páginas |
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... trade , the Mint price of gold should still remain arbitrarily fixed by statute . A member of Parliament lately discovered a new grievance , and made his reputa- tion by agitating against the oppressive restrictions on the coinage of ...
... trade , the Mint price of gold should still remain arbitrarily fixed by statute . A member of Parliament lately discovered a new grievance , and made his reputa- tion by agitating against the oppressive restrictions on the coinage of ...
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... Trade in Foreign Bills ... The World's Clearing House ... ... ... ... Centralization of Financial Transactions in London ... Representation of Foreign Bankers in London ... ... 265 269 278 ... ... : 279 283 285 100 287 : ... ... 291 293 ...
... Trade in Foreign Bills ... The World's Clearing House ... ... ... ... Centralization of Financial Transactions in London ... Representation of Foreign Bankers in London ... ... 265 269 278 ... ... : 279 283 285 100 287 : ... ... 291 293 ...
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... Trade Competition of Bankers ... The Bank Charter Act of 1844 The Free - banking School Possibility of Over - issue The Right of Coining Bank - notes Scotch and English Banking Cash Reserves of Bankers ... Remedy for the Sensitiveness ...
... Trade Competition of Bankers ... The Bank Charter Act of 1844 The Free - banking School Possibility of Over - issue The Right of Coining Bank - notes Scotch and English Banking Cash Reserves of Bankers ... Remedy for the Sensitiveness ...
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... trading . However this may be , it is certain that iron money could not be used in cash payments at the present day , since a penny would weigh about a pound , and instead of a five - pound note , we should have to deliver a ton of iron ...
... trading . However this may be , it is certain that iron money could not be used in cash payments at the present day , since a penny would weigh about a pound , and instead of a five - pound note , we should have to deliver a ton of iron ...
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... trade , and kept in reserve , money must not be subject to easy deteriora- tion or loss . It must not evaporate like alcohol , nor putrefy like animal substances , nor decay like wood , nor rust like iron . Destructible articles , such ...
... trade , and kept in reserve , money must not be subject to easy deteriora- tion or loss . It must not evaporate like alcohol , nor putrefy like animal substances , nor decay like wood , nor rust like iron . Destructible articles , such ...
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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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