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There was general agreement among national leaders that the most pressing problem was to restore order in the banking and currency system by returning to specie payments . But the state banks would not resume specie payments .
There was general agreement among national leaders that the most pressing problem was to restore order in the banking and currency system by returning to specie payments . But the state banks would not resume specie payments .
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The discovery of gold in the Appalachian Range of the upper South gave the Jackson - Benton hard - money coalition another opportunity to strike a blow for specie . Accordingly , in 1834 the gold weight of the dollar was reduced to 23.2 ...
The discovery of gold in the Appalachian Range of the upper South gave the Jackson - Benton hard - money coalition another opportunity to strike a blow for specie . Accordingly , in 1834 the gold weight of the dollar was reduced to 23.2 ...
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Suspension of Specie . Congress passed a slight tariff increase on Decem- ber 24 , 1861 , but before it could act on Chase's other recommendation , the private banks of the country suspended specie payments on December 30 ...
Suspension of Specie . Congress passed a slight tariff increase on Decem- ber 24 , 1861 , but before it could act on Chase's other recommendation , the private banks of the country suspended specie payments on December 30 ...
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Contents
The Meaning and Basic Trends of Financial History | 1 |
Monetary and International Fi nancial Policies | 4 |
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| Title | Financial History of the United States: Fiscal, Monetary, Banking, and Tariff, Including Financial Administration and State and Local Finance, Volume 2 Financial History of the United States: Fiscal, Monetary, Banking, and Tariff, Including Financial Administration and State and Local Finance, Herman Edward Krooss |
| Authors | Paul Studenski, Herman Edward Krooss |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1963 |
| Length | 605 pages |
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