Readings in Money and BankingMacmillan, 1916 - 845 Seiten |
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... coin had become common among the Indians the skin was still commonly used as the money of account . Thus Whymper says , " a gun , nominally worth about forty shillings , bought twenty skins . ' This term is the old one employed by the ...
... coin had become common among the Indians the skin was still commonly used as the money of account . Thus Whymper says , " a gun , nominally worth about forty shillings , bought twenty skins . ' This term is the old one employed by the ...
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... coins , and the same is said to have been the case with the earliest issues of the Roman As . Numismatic researches fail to bear out these traditions , which were prob- ably invented to explain the connection between the name of the coin ...
... coins , and the same is said to have been the case with the earliest issues of the Roman As . Numismatic researches fail to bear out these traditions , which were prob- ably invented to explain the connection between the name of the coin ...
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... coins , the richer Indian chiefs secrete piles of wampum beads , having no better means of in- vesting their superfluous wealth . Exactly analogous to this North American currency , is that of the cowry shells , which , under one name ...
... coins , the richer Indian chiefs secrete piles of wampum beads , having no better means of in- vesting their superfluous wealth . Exactly analogous to this North American currency , is that of the cowry shells , which , under one name ...
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... coins with which they are compared . In 1521 , at Caracas , about thirty cacao nuts were worth one penny English , whereas recently ten beans would go to a penny , according to Squier's state- ments . In the European countries , where ...
... coins with which they are compared . In 1521 , at Caracas , about thirty cacao nuts were worth one penny English , whereas recently ten beans would go to a penny , according to Squier's state- ments . In the European countries , where ...
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... altered without destroying the stamp or design . The earliest coins struck , both in Lydia and in the Peloponnesus , were stamped on one side only . CHAPTER + QUALITIES OF THE MATERIAL OF MONEY 1 MANY INVENTION OF COINAGE 17.
... altered without destroying the stamp or design . The earliest coins struck , both in Lydia and in the Peloponnesus , were stamped on one side only . CHAPTER + QUALITIES OF THE MATERIAL OF MONEY 1 MANY INVENTION OF COINAGE 17.
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Seite 128 - ... whenever the lawful money of any other association shall be below fifteen per centum of its circulation and deposits, such association shall not increase its liabilities by making any new loans or discounts...
Seite 5 - It must be evident, however, that the mere introduction of a particular mode of exchanging things for one another, by first exchanging a thing for money, and then exchanging the money for something else, makes no difference in the essential character of transactions.
Seite 832 - ... bank ; but this restriction shall not apply to the discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values.
Seite 390 - But the discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values, and the discount of commercial or business paper actually owned by the person negotiating the same, shall not be considered as money borrowed.
Seite 454 - ... not operate as an assignment of any part of the fund to the credit of the drawer, with the bank, and...
Seite 6 - There cannot, in short, be intrinsically a more insignificant thing, in the economy of society, than money; except in the character of a contrivance for sparing time and labour. It is a machine for doing quickly and commodiously, what would be done, though less quickly and commodiously, without it : and like many other kinds of machinery, it only exerts a distinct and independent influence of its own when it gets out of order.
Seite 55 - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Seite 436 - Pitt on the 7th instant, for the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons, to inquire into the state of...
Seite 835 - The Federal Reserve Board shall make and promulgate from time to time regulations governing the transfer of funds and charges therefor among Federal reserve banks and their branches, and mav at its discretion exercise the functions of a clearing house for such Federal reserve banks, or may designate a Federal reserve bank to exercise such functions, and may also require each such bank to exercise the functions of a clearing house for its member banks.
Seite 90 - ... the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.