The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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Page vi
... mint against silver , and cannot be corrected or prevented from increasing in their intensity except by the re ... mints of the world against it . This book shows the practicability of such action , and how any incidental losses to ...
... mint against silver , and cannot be corrected or prevented from increasing in their intensity except by the re ... mints of the world against it . This book shows the practicability of such action , and how any incidental losses to ...
Page ix
... mint price for silver , and leave no surplus silver upon the market to drag down the price of bullion . Under bi- metallism silver bullion will be worth as much as silver coin , just as gold bullion is now worth as much as gold coin ...
... mint price for silver , and leave no surplus silver upon the market to drag down the price of bullion . Under bi- metallism silver bullion will be worth as much as silver coin , just as gold bullion is now worth as much as gold coin ...
Page x
... mint could without international treaties restore silver to its former price of about 60d . per ounce , but have not ... mints are closed against silver , must continue to be overvalued silver coins , to take in order to get clear of ...
... mint could without international treaties restore silver to its former price of about 60d . per ounce , but have not ... mints are closed against silver , must continue to be overvalued silver coins , to take in order to get clear of ...
Page xii
... mint out of every pound weight as a mint charge , and the above authorities evidently consider the clause to have been intended to provide for silver again being coined as a standard . jointly with gold . Writing in the year 1880 , I ...
... mint out of every pound weight as a mint charge , and the above authorities evidently consider the clause to have been intended to provide for silver again being coined as a standard . jointly with gold . Writing in the year 1880 , I ...
Page xiii
... mint at any moment to all comers for the unlimited coinage of silver , it does not expressly provide for the unlimited legal tender of the coin . It authorises the mint to be opened for any quantity of silver to be coined into ' current ...
... mint at any moment to all comers for the unlimited coinage of silver , it does not expressly provide for the unlimited legal tender of the coin . It authorises the mint to be opened for any quantity of silver to be coined into ' current ...
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