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Page 38
Why it is not regulated by the legal use is manifest , because the rate of money
does not follow the standard of the law , but the price of the market : and men , not
observing the legal and forced , but the natural and current interest of money ...
Why it is not regulated by the legal use is manifest , because the rate of money
does not follow the standard of the law , but the price of the market : and men , not
observing the legal and forced , but the natural and current interest of money ...
Page 83
For example : supposing , according to the standard of our law , 5s . or a crown ,
were to weigh an ounce , ( as it does now , wanting about 16 grains ) whereof
one - twelfth were copper , and eleventwelfths silver , ( for thereabouts it is ) it is ...
For example : supposing , according to the standard of our law , 5s . or a crown ,
were to weigh an ounce , ( as it does now , wanting about 16 grains ) whereof
one - twelfth were copper , and eleventwelfths silver , ( for thereabouts it is ) it is ...
Page 84
... required by the present standard , changed into copper , and should thus , by
law , be made current ; ( the rest of your silver money being kept to the present
standard in weight and fineness ) it is plain , those species would be raised one ...
... required by the present standard , changed into copper , and should thus , by
law , be made current ; ( the rest of your silver money being kept to the present
standard in weight and fineness ) it is plain , those species would be raised one ...
Page 85
If we had groats , or sixpencen , current by law amongst us , that wanted one -
third of the silver , which they now have by the standard , to make them of equal
value to our other species of money ; who can imagine , that our neighbours
would ...
If we had groats , or sixpencen , current by law amongst us , that wanted one -
third of the silver , which they now have by the standard , to make them of equal
value to our other species of money ; who can imagine , that our neighbours
would ...
Page 86
That a shilling shall weigh onefifth of a crown - piece , and a penny - weight one -
twelfth of a shilling , in standard silver ) but out of every one of these you abate
one - twentieth of the silver they were wont to have in them . If all the species of ...
That a shilling shall weigh onefifth of a crown - piece , and a penny - weight one -
twelfth of a shilling , in standard silver ) but out of every one of these you abate
one - twentieth of the silver they were wont to have in them . If all the species of ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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