International Monetary Conference Held ... in Paris, in August, 1878 |
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... given in the French at the commencement of the Journals of the official position of members of the Conference is relegated to a List of Members of the Conference which follows the Journal , in compliance with an announcement made in the ...
... given in the French at the commencement of the Journals of the official position of members of the Conference is relegated to a List of Members of the Conference which follows the Journal , in compliance with an announcement made in the ...
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... given , and dwelt upon the interest which the Conference would feel in learning still more in detail the motives which had determined the United States to limit the Coinage of Silver Money . MR . GOSCHEN expressed the desire to know ...
... given , and dwelt upon the interest which the Conference would feel in learning still more in detail the motives which had determined the United States to limit the Coinage of Silver Money . MR . GOSCHEN expressed the desire to know ...
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... given by the American authorities for the demonetization of Silver was that it was better to have gold , not on account of the relative value of that metal , but on account of other advantages which led to the preference . MR . FEER ...
... given by the American authorities for the demonetization of Silver was that it was better to have gold , not on account of the relative value of that metal , but on account of other advantages which led to the preference . MR . FEER ...
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... given by the premium of Gold over the paper , say 10 per cent . of the value of the paper ; on this sub- ject Mr. Broch regarded the apprehension of the United States as chimerical . The system of the Double Standard , which they praise ...
... given by the premium of Gold over the paper , say 10 per cent . of the value of the paper ; on this sub- ject Mr. Broch regarded the apprehension of the United States as chimerical . The system of the Double Standard , which they praise ...
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... given to his suggestion , and added that the same interest which had before decided England to ac- cept the invitation of the United States might to - day induce Germany to receive favorably the invitation of the Conference . MR ...
... given to his suggestion , and added that the same interest which had before decided England to ac- cept the invitation of the United States might to - day induce Germany to receive favorably the invitation of the Conference . MR ...
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adoption American amount Austria-Hungary bank Bank of England Belgium bi-metallic Broch bullion cause cent circulation Coinage Coinage of Silver commerce committee countries currency Delegates demand demonetization depreciation desire dollars Double Standard enacted England English established Europe exchange export fact favor Feer-Herzog FENTON fixed florins foreign France French Germany Gold and Silver Gold Coins Gold Standard Goschen Government grains Groesbeck guinea Horton India interest Kingdom l'argent Latin Union Legal Tender Léon Say livres louis Majesty Majesty's marc measure ment millions mines mintage mints Monetary Conference monetary system nations Number of pieces opinion ounce Paris payment Pirmez pound sterling pound weight precious metals present price of Silver production profit proportion propositions quantity question recoinage Reichsbank relation seigniorage session shillings Silver Coin Silver Money Single Gold Standard Spanish dollars specie tion Token Money trade Treasury United value of Gold value of Silver weight zolotniks
Popular passages
Page 785 - His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain...
Page 496 - SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the bills or notes of the said corporation originally made payable, or which shall have become payable on demand, shall be receivable in all payments to the United States, unless otherwise directed by act of Congress.
Page 787 - The execution of the reciprocal engagements contained in the present convention is subordinated, in so far as necessary, to the observance of the formalities and rules established by the constitutional laws of those of the high contracting parties...
Page 493 - An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States...
Page 436 - Pounds, shillings, pence and farthings of these several States, into each other, can judge how much they would have been aided, had their several subdivisions been in a decimal ratio. Certainly, in all cases, where we are free to choose between easy and difficult modes of operation, it is most rational to choose the easy. The Financier, therefore, in his report, well proposes that our Coins should be in decimal proportions to one another.
Page 552 - Gold coin, in an office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States, there located, in November, 1819, amounted to $165,000, and the silver coin to $118,000.
Page 691 - 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 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 316 - And it appears by experience as well as by reason, that silver flows from those places where its value is lowest in proportion to gold, as from Spain to all Europe, and from all Europe to the East Indies, China, and Japan ; and that gold is most plentiful in those places in which its value is highest in proportion to silver, as in Spain and England.
Page 477 - ... 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.