A Treatise on Coins, Currency, and Banking: With Observations on the Bank Act of 1844 and on the Reports of the Committees of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons on the Bank Acts |
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Adam Smith ancillary coins bank money bank notes Bank of Amsterdam Bank of England banker bearer on demand bills of exchange Burgomasters capital cent circulation coffers coinage commerce Committee consequence considered copper coins crowns debt deposit discount Edition England notes equal established exportation France gold and silver gold coin gold or silver Government Governor and Company guinea holders interest intrinsic value Issue Department legal tender coin livres London Lord Liverpool louis-d'or macoutes manufactures measure of value melted ment mercantile republic merchandise merchants millions observes opinion ounce paid paper money payment pound sterling precious metals principle profit promise promissory notes proportion purchase quantity receipt received regulations securities seignorage shillings silver bullion silver coin silver standard Sir Robert Peel sovereign standard gold standard of value supply supposed tion treasury value of gold vols weight
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