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... SILVER , OR BOTH 134 CHAPTER XV . MONEY , A PRODUCER OF VALUES . 146 CHAPTER XVI . MONEY OF ACCOUNT 149 CHAPTER XVII . CREDIT MONEY 153 CHAPTER XVIII . BANKING 163 • Banks of Issue 171 • Bank of Genoa 179 Bank of Amsterdam 186 · Bank of ...
... SILVER , OR BOTH 134 CHAPTER XV . MONEY , A PRODUCER OF VALUES . 146 CHAPTER XVI . MONEY OF ACCOUNT 149 CHAPTER XVII . CREDIT MONEY 153 CHAPTER XVIII . BANKING 163 • Banks of Issue 171 • Bank of Genoa 179 Bank of Amsterdam 186 · Bank of ...
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... silver which they held , less the labor of extracting them , when the territory was occupied by its savage inhabitants ; but were those creatures any the wealthier for the principal value of their domain ? Things are worth what they ...
... silver which they held , less the labor of extracting them , when the territory was occupied by its savage inhabitants ; but were those creatures any the wealthier for the principal value of their domain ? Things are worth what they ...
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... silver ores for cloth , glass , tools , and machinery , so long as they cannot make them . But free trade , in its commonly intended meaning , is an- other thing ; and , let me suggest , that it is in itself a misnomer . It means free ...
... silver ores for cloth , glass , tools , and machinery , so long as they cannot make them . But free trade , in its commonly intended meaning , is an- other thing ; and , let me suggest , that it is in itself a misnomer . It means free ...
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... silver by weight . Thirty years ago silver , in the London market , was worth 60 pence per ounce troy . Since that time it has been down to 48 pence , and is now ( 1880 ) at about 52 pence . Has gold risen , or has silver fallen ...
... silver by weight . Thirty years ago silver , in the London market , was worth 60 pence per ounce troy . Since that time it has been down to 48 pence , and is now ( 1880 ) at about 52 pence . Has gold risen , or has silver fallen ...
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... silver more than trebled in nominal value , that is , if you had contracted a debt in 1066 of twenty shillings , you could pay it in 1866 with less than one - third of the weight of silver intended by the bargain . P. The effect of this ...
... silver more than trebled in nominal value , that is , if you had contracted a debt in 1066 of twenty shillings , you could pay it in 1866 with less than one - third of the weight of silver intended by the bargain . P. The effect of this ...
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Page 26 - Statistics of Coal : Including Mineral Bituminous Substances employed in Arts and Manufactures; with their Geographical, Geological, and Commercial Distribution and Amount of Production and Consumption on the American Continent. With Incidental Statistics of the Iron Manufacture.
Page 79 - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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