THE SILVER POUND AND ENGLAND'S MONETARY POLICY SINCE THE RESTORATION; TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORY OF THE GUINEA, ILLUSTRATED BY CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS. If the Qwene's Majestie amend the coigne universally, there shall groo therby a great Commodity to her, and the Realme; and also the greatest Honour and Reputacion in the World, that ever came, not only to any Princesse, but at any tyme to any King of this Realme.-PAGET TO PARRY AND CECILL, 1558. Pace fundata, Moneta ad justum valorem reducta. From the inscription upon the tomb of Queen Elizabeth, in Westminster Abbey. A DELEGATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE INTERNATIONAL JENERAL Copyright by S. DANA HORTON. 1887. CHISWICK PRESS :-C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. § 5. The Cause of the Fall of Prices. § 6. Quantity-Theories and the Indo-European Conflict of Coinages. ENGLAND'S RESPONSIBILITY AND ENGLAND'S INTEREST. § 7. England's Responsibility for the Outlawry of Silver. A LESSON OF HISTORY: THE MONETARY CRISIS OF 1696. § 11. The Recoinage of 1696, and its bearing upon the Questions |