A Nation Without CoinsVantage Press, 1965 - 139 pages |
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Page 15
... mints are operating at full capacity ; the Denver mint works a three - shift , six - day week while the Philadelphia mint , which is older and thus less efficiently operated , works two shifts and part of a third six days a week in some ...
... mints are operating at full capacity ; the Denver mint works a three - shift , six - day week while the Philadelphia mint , which is older and thus less efficiently operated , works two shifts and part of a third six days a week in some ...
Page 92
... mint ratios of gold to silver so distorted that , unless the mint ratio was changed to match the market ratio , bimetallism could exist only in theory . The political pressures which advocated bimetallism also demanded that the old 16 ...
... mint ratios of gold to silver so distorted that , unless the mint ratio was changed to match the market ratio , bimetallism could exist only in theory . The political pressures which advocated bimetallism also demanded that the old 16 ...
Page 134
... Mint can be expedited , the Mint could soon have a produc- tive capacity of about 17 billion pieces per year . If this entire capacity is used in producing replacements for silver subsidiary coins ( a total of 11 to 12 billion pieces ) ...
... Mint can be expedited , the Mint could soon have a produc- tive capacity of about 17 billion pieces per year . If this entire capacity is used in producing replacements for silver subsidiary coins ( a total of 11 to 12 billion pieces ) ...
Contents
A Dilemma | 15 |
The Supply of Silver | 46 |
The Role of Silver As a Monetary Metal in | 74 |
Copyright | |
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