A Nation Without CoinsVantage Press, 1965 - 139 pages |
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Page 18
... backing in a precious metal and could be redeemed for this backing at any time . The overwhelming majority of paper money in circulation today is in the form of Federal Reserve Notes . It is common knowledge that a $ 1 Federal Reserve ...
... backing in a precious metal and could be redeemed for this backing at any time . The overwhelming majority of paper money in circulation today is in the form of Federal Reserve Notes . It is common knowledge that a $ 1 Federal Reserve ...
Page 21
... backed outstanding silver certificates and the remainder which was merely held by the Treasury as silver , " free " of any ... backing these notes was monetized at a high $ 1.293 per ounce - a price which stems from the 1792 decision to ...
... backed outstanding silver certificates and the remainder which was merely held by the Treasury as silver , " free " of any ... backing these notes was monetized at a high $ 1.293 per ounce - a price which stems from the 1792 decision to ...
Page 94
... backed them when the acceptability of this money depended upon its real intrinsic worth . But the gold standard could not meet the demands of an industrialized world at war and one by one nations abandoned the old standard . The United ...
... backed them when the acceptability of this money depended upon its real intrinsic worth . But the gold standard could not meet the demands of an industrialized world at war and one by one nations abandoned the old standard . The United ...
Contents
A Dilemma | 15 |
The Supply of Silver | 46 |
The Role of Silver As a Monetary Metal in | 74 |
Copyright | |
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American amount of silver batteries bimetallic standard cent Chart coin shortage coinage in circulation coinage requirements Congress consumed consumption of silver copper crisis currency demand for silver dimes domestic estimated exhausted Federal Reserve Notes free silver Free World Government Gresham's Law half dollars hoarded important industrial consumption intrinsic value legislation marginal mines market ratio melting point million ounces minted monetary system non-silver coin ounces of silver outstanding silver peso photography present price increase price of silver price rise Production of Silver profit proposed redemption of silver revenue silver certificates silver coinage silver coins silver consumption silver content silver dollar silver market silver nickels silver price silver production Silver Purchase Act silver solders Silver Users silver-coinage problem silverware solution subsidiary coinage supply of silver tion Total Free World Treasury silver Treasury stock Treasury's Troy Ounces United States coinage United States Mint United States Treasury vending machines