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... ment in itself ? What man , not under a delusion , ever bought money , coin , except with the object of exchang- ing it for something which he needed ? But why was such a tool required ? A cart which should transport weights which human ...
... ment in itself ? What man , not under a delusion , ever bought money , coin , except with the object of exchang- ing it for something which he needed ? But why was such a tool required ? A cart which should transport weights which human ...
Pagina 10
... astonish- ment on being told that a shopkeeper was not bound to give his goods away for money ; he confounded the voluntary affixing of money prices on goods with the obligation imposed by the law of legal tender of dis-
... astonish- ment on being told that a shopkeeper was not bound to give his goods away for money ; he confounded the voluntary affixing of money prices on goods with the obligation imposed by the law of legal tender of dis-
Pagina 11
... ment to take money ? A seller cannot part with his property in exchange for money which is useless to him unless it furnishes him with a guarantee that in the end he shall procure by its means as much property as he gave away . How does ...
... ment to take money ? A seller cannot part with his property in exchange for money which is useless to him unless it furnishes him with a guarantee that in the end he shall procure by its means as much property as he gave away . How does ...
Pagina 32
... ment . But the exchange will not rise above par beyond the cost of carriage and insurance for the transmission of gold . If it costs half - a - franc to send a pound's weight of gold to England , the Parisian debtor will accept.
... ment . But the exchange will not rise above par beyond the cost of carriage and insurance for the transmission of gold . If it costs half - a - franc to send a pound's weight of gold to England , the Parisian debtor will accept.
Pagina 35
... ment of the gold has been prevented by the declaration that silver shall not be a legal tender beyond forty shil- lings . This has kept shillings a purely subsidiary money -over - valued , with too little silver in them to be a ...
... ment of the gold has been prevented by the declaration that silver shall not be a legal tender beyond forty shil- lings . This has kept shillings a purely subsidiary money -over - valued , with too little silver in them to be a ...
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Bank Charter Act Bank of England bank-notes Bank's banker BONAMY PRICE borrowers bought capital cash cheques and bills circulation coin commodity consumed convertible corn Cornhill Library creditor crisis Crown 8vo debtor debts demand Demy 8vo depositors doctrine English fact farmer Fcap fifteen millions France Frontispiece give gold Government Henry Illustrations inconvertible International Scientific Series Issue Department issuer King and Co.'s legal tender lend lent Library of Fiction LL.D loans LOMBARD STREET loss means ment metal money market nation notes obtain paid panic paper currency paper dollar payment Poems Portrait Post 8vo pound procure Prof Professor profit purchase quantity railway rate of discount receive reserve ROBIN GRAY Second Edition securities sell seller shillings Small crown 8vo sold sovereign Stoke Bishop Stopford Brooke suspension thing Third Edition tion tool of exchange trade Translated University of Erlangen vols Volume wealth word worth
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