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... bullion and Coin , and of one per mille on Silver bullion and Coin . Up to the time of the discoveries of Gold in California , Gold mohurs were received at the Government treasuries in payment of revenue ; and for a short time , after ...
... bullion and Coin , and of one per mille on Silver bullion and Coin . Up to the time of the discoveries of Gold in California , Gold mohurs were received at the Government treasuries in payment of revenue ; and for a short time , after ...
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... bullion .. Silver bullion $ 161 , 343 , 914 6,887 , 948 6,099 , 439 5 , 891 , 201 180 , 222 , 502 Of this sum , 56,747,502 dollars are not free , being required , half to pay bonds re- deemable in Gold , half to pay Gold certificates of ...
... bullion .. Silver bullion $ 161 , 343 , 914 6,887 , 948 6,099 , 439 5 , 891 , 201 180 , 222 , 502 Of this sum , 56,747,502 dollars are not free , being required , half to pay bonds re- deemable in Gold , half to pay Gold certificates of ...
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... bullion . The production of the Silver mines of North America has been largely developed in the last few years , while that of Gold is more or less stationary . All these causes combined could not fail to exercise a very powerful ...
... bullion . The production of the Silver mines of North America has been largely developed in the last few years , while that of Gold is more or less stationary . All these causes combined could not fail to exercise a very powerful ...
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... bullion in public treasuries , in definite proportions as should be agreed upon among the States consenting , might be made the means of absorbing this mass , without encountering the risks appre hended from Coinage . This would involve ...
... bullion in public treasuries , in definite proportions as should be agreed upon among the States consenting , might be made the means of absorbing this mass , without encountering the risks appre hended from Coinage . This would involve ...
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... bullion ; that is to say , considered as merchandise before conversion into Money . The breadth of the subject and of the discussion upon it , and the de- sirability of confining ideas within limits of precision , which are necessary to ...
... bullion ; that is to say , considered as merchandise before conversion into Money . The breadth of the subject and of the discussion upon it , and the de- sirability of confining ideas within limits of precision , which are necessary to ...
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Page 299 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Page 769 - His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain...
Page 349 - ... issued primarily by the Bank of England and in a secondary manner by the country banks, the variations of which in relative value may be as indefinite as the possible excess of that circulating medium. But whether our present measure of value, and standard of prices, be this paper currency thus variable in its relative value, or continues still to be gold, but gold rendered more variable than it was before in consequence of being interchangeable for a paper currency, which is not at will convertible...
Page 677 - The bills and notes of the bank originally made payable, or which shall have become payable, on demand, in gold and silver coin? shall be receivable in all payments to the United States.
Page 461 - ... One gold piece, equal in weight and value to ten units, or dollars. One gold piece, equal to a tenth part of the former, and which shall be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall also be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall be, in weight and value, a tenth part of the silver unit or dollar. One copper piece, which shall be of the value of a hundredth part of a dollar. One other copper piece, which shall be half the value of the former.
Page 113 - All the rivers run into the sea, and yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers came, thither do they return again...
Page 461 - The largest copper piece will nearly answer to the half-penny sterling, and the smallest, of course, to the farthing. Pieces of very small value are a great accommodation, and the means of a beneficial economy to the poor, by enabling them to purchase, in small portions, and at a more reasonable rate, the necessaries of which they stand in need. If there are only cents, the lowest price for any portion of a vendible commodity, however inconsiderable in quantity, will be a cent ; if there are half...
Page 443 - ... would, probably, be a greater evil than occasional variations in the unit from the fluctuations in the relative value of the metals, especially if care be taken to regulate the proportion between them with an eye to their average commercial value.
Page 443 - Hamilton, in his able and invaluable report in 1791 on the establishment of a mint, declared that " to annul the use of either gold or silver as money is to abridge the quantity of circulating medium, and is liable to all the objections which arise from a comparison of the benefits of a full circulation with the evils of a scanty circulation.
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