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... A. PROPORTION OF BANK CHECKS , BANK NOTES , BILLS , DRAFTS , AND COIN , RESPECTIVELY IN THE BANKING BUSINESS OF ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES INDEX RAISONNÉ 301 305 1325 OF T 2 CONVERSATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF viii CONTENTS .
... A. PROPORTION OF BANK CHECKS , BANK NOTES , BILLS , DRAFTS , AND COIN , RESPECTIVELY IN THE BANKING BUSINESS OF ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES INDEX RAISONNÉ 301 305 1325 OF T 2 CONVERSATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF viii CONTENTS .
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... coin , or metallic , and the other , credit money . Money taken in some of its forms has an intrinsic value , but in ... Coins are not even " the money of the world " in the sense of having a fixed and uniform exchange value everywhere ...
... coin , or metallic , and the other , credit money . Money taken in some of its forms has an intrinsic value , but in ... Coins are not even " the money of the world " in the sense of having a fixed and uniform exchange value everywhere ...
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... coins , differs more or less from the nominal , at which they pass in trade by tale ; for , in all places other than in the respective countries that fix their weight , fine- ness , and names , they are matters of merchandise , and ...
... coins , differs more or less from the nominal , at which they pass in trade by tale ; for , in all places other than in the respective countries that fix their weight , fine- ness , and names , they are matters of merchandise , and ...
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... coinage ; thus , in 1553 , it was coined into 60 shillings ; in 1600 , 62 shillings ; and , in 1816 , 66 shillings . So , in 800 years , you have the Troy pound weight of silver more than trebled in nominal value , that is , if you had ...
... coinage ; thus , in 1553 , it was coined into 60 shillings ; in 1600 , 62 shillings ; and , in 1816 , 66 shillings . So , in 800 years , you have the Troy pound weight of silver more than trebled in nominal value , that is , if you had ...
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... coinage , and one - fourth in the arts . The guesses made at the like uses of silver are scarcely worthy of notice . The Director of the United States Mint in 1879 thinks that one- half of the gold and one - third of the silver annually ...
... coinage , and one - fourth in the arts . The guesses made at the like uses of silver are scarcely worthy of notice . The Director of the United States Mint in 1879 thinks that one- half of the gold and one - third of the silver annually ...
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