The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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Page x
... French mint , by the sole action of either one , to restore and permanently re - establish the former gold value of silver . Suppose , for the sake of argument , mistaken in his estimate of the influence of the United States mint , and ...
... French mint , by the sole action of either one , to restore and permanently re - establish the former gold value of silver . Suppose , for the sake of argument , mistaken in his estimate of the influence of the United States mint , and ...
Page xvii
... French mint was , at the same time , open to them at the ratio of 15 to 1 . Those relative rates made the French mint the better market for silver and the United States mint the better market for gold . The metals were , therefore ...
... French mint was , at the same time , open to them at the ratio of 15 to 1 . Those relative rates made the French mint the better market for silver and the United States mint the better market for gold . The metals were , therefore ...
Page 17
... French Double Standard from keeping the par value between gold and silver so steady as it might otherwise have been . For the period between 1831 and 1873 the fluctuations in the London price of silver are given by both parties as about ...
... French Double Standard from keeping the par value between gold and silver so steady as it might otherwise have been . For the period between 1831 and 1873 the fluctuations in the London price of silver are given by both parties as about ...
Page 18
... French mint regulations as the simple and , when once understood , most obvious cause of the phenomenon . I mention this occurrence as a proof that though not at that time generally understood , the question was nevertheless clearly ...
... French mint regulations as the simple and , when once understood , most obvious cause of the phenomenon . I mention this occurrence as a proof that though not at that time generally understood , the question was nevertheless clearly ...
Page 19
... French money - dealers , in differences between French coins , always took the premium whichever way the market went , special demands enabling them at times to keep , perhaps , a grain of gold for each 15 grains of silver exported , or ...
... French money - dealers , in differences between French coins , always took the premium whichever way the market went , special demands enabling them at times to keep , perhaps , a grain of gold for each 15 grains of silver exported , or ...
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