History of Money in the British Empire & the United StatesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1911 - 356 Seiten |
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... cent . in the amount of metal contained in the coins . The weight of the silver penny had fallen from 22 to 12 grains , and the gold coins tariffed at 6s . 8d . contained only 80 grains of gold as against 128 grains which they had ...
... cent . in the amount of metal contained in the coins . The weight of the silver penny had fallen from 22 to 12 grains , and the gold coins tariffed at 6s . 8d . contained only 80 grains of gold as against 128 grains which they had ...
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... cent .; e.g. , in giving silver in exchange for gold nobles the royal officer would give 6s . 7d . instead of 6s . 8d . , whilst if he was receiving the silver in return for nobles he would demand 6s . 9d . The royal exchangers had also ...
... cent .; e.g. , in giving silver in exchange for gold nobles the royal officer would give 6s . 7d . instead of 6s . 8d . , whilst if he was receiving the silver in return for nobles he would demand 6s . 9d . The royal exchangers had also ...
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... , the price of dairy produce and fish rose considerably , as well as the prices of all manufactured goods , whilst wages rose as much as 45 per cent . In the fifteenth century wheat fell to 5s FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 37.
... , the price of dairy produce and fish rose considerably , as well as the prices of all manufactured goods , whilst wages rose as much as 45 per cent . In the fifteenth century wheat fell to 5s FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 37.
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Agnes F. Dodd. cent . In the fifteenth century wheat fell to 5s . 10d.- slightly below its former average ; and , though the prices of animals were steadily rising , oxen selling for 20s . 7d . and sheep for 2s . 2 d . , this may have ...
Agnes F. Dodd. cent . In the fifteenth century wheat fell to 5s . 10d.- slightly below its former average ; and , though the prices of animals were steadily rising , oxen selling for 20s . 7d . and sheep for 2s . 2 d . , this may have ...
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... cent . of gold to 89 per cent . of silver . As no records were kept in Spain of the quantities of gold and silver brought over from the New World , it is impossible to determine exactly the amount of the new supplies . Humboldt has ...
... cent . of gold to 89 per cent . of silver . As no records were kept in Spain of the quantities of gold and silver brought over from the New World , it is impossible to determine exactly the amount of the new supplies . Humboldt has ...
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amount Bank of England bank-notes bankers bills bimetallism bonds branch banks brought bullion capital cash caused cent century charter coinage coinage of silver colonies commercial Congress consequently copper country banks debased debts demand deposits depreciated difficulty effect established exchange exportation extent favour France gold and silver gold coins gold standard goldsmiths Government grains greenbacks guinea increased interest issue notes issue of notes legal tender legal tender notes loans London mainly ment merchants mints monetary national banks nominal value note circulation note issues ounce paid paper currency paper money passed penny pound pound sterling pound weight precious metals profit quantity ratio received redeem regulate reign reserve result rise of prices rupee scarcity sceat securities seignorage shillings silver coins silver dollars soon South Sea Company sovereign Spanish dollars specie payments struck sums supply taxes tion trade Treasury United weight whilst
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Seite 273 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this Bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens ; and it must be admitted by all, that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Seite 74 - ... bills at the like or higher interest. " Much about the same time, the goldsmiths (or new-fashioned bankers) began to receive the rents of gentlemen's estates remitted to town, and to allow them and others who put cash into their hands some interest for it, if it remained but a single month in their hands, or even a lesser time.
Seite 150 - ... any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Seite 323 - An Act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes...
Seite 251 - The loss which America has sustained since the peace from the pestilent effects of paper money on the necessary confidence between man and man, on the necessary confidence in the public councils, on the industry and morals of the people, and on the character of republican government constitutes an enormous debt against the States chargeable with this unadvised measure which must long remain unsatisfied, or rather an accumulation of guilt which can be expiated no otherwise than by a voluntary sacrifice...
Seite 127 - That it is the opinion of this committee that the promissory notes of the Bank of England have hitherto been, and are at this time, held in public estimation to be equivalent to the legal coin of the realm, and generally accepted as such in all pecuniary transactions to which such coin is lawfully applicable.
Seite 242 - This currency as we manage it is a wonderful machine. It performs its office when we issue it, it pays and clothes troops, and provides victuals and ammunition, and when we are obliged to issue a quantity excessive, it pays itself off by depreciation.
Seite 84 - as several considerable and advantageous trades cannot be conveniently driven and carried on without the species of money or bullion, and that it is found by experience that they are carried in greatest abundance (as to a common market] to such places as give free liberty for exporting the same...
Seite 253 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
Seite 231 - Upon the considera^' tion of the great decay of trade, obstructions to manufactures and commerce in this Country, and multiplicity of debts and suits thereupon, principally occasioned by the present scarceity of coyne.