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... practice : and very little Silver Bullion had been brought to the Mint to be coined ; for the value of Silver Bullion , as estimated at Your Majesty's Mint , was lower , compared with that of Gold , than the prices at which these metals ...
... practice : and very little Silver Bullion had been brought to the Mint to be coined ; for the value of Silver Bullion , as estimated at Your Majesty's Mint , was lower , compared with that of Gold , than the prices at which these metals ...
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... practice , and the frauds committed in carrying it on , are the more to be apprehended in this country , where the Mint is free ; —that is , where every one has a right to bring Gold or Silver to the Mint , to be converted into Coin ...
... practice , and the frauds committed in carrying it on , are the more to be apprehended in this country , where the Mint is free ; —that is , where every one has a right to bring Gold or Silver to the Mint , to be converted into Coin ...
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... practice , both as a measure and an equivalent , are to be ascribed . These two qualities can never be brought perfectly to unite and agree ; for if Money were a measure alone , and made like all other measures of a material of little ...
... practice , both as a measure and an equivalent , are to be ascribed . These two qualities can never be brought perfectly to unite and agree ; for if Money were a measure alone , and made like all other measures of a material of little ...
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... practice at least , cannot be attained . CHAP . 4 . * Such has been from the beginning the state of our legal Copper Coins , and it continues to be so at present : and such has also been the state of our present deficient Silver Coins ...
... practice at least , cannot be attained . CHAP . 4 . * Such has been from the beginning the state of our legal Copper Coins , and it continues to be so at present : and such has also been the state of our present deficient Silver Coins ...
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... practice of all governments in every age has coincided with the opinion of Mr. Harris ; and experience has evinced the necessity of fixing , by public authority , the rate or value of Coins of every denomination , permitted to be ...
... practice of all governments in every age has coincided with the opinion of Mr. Harris ; and experience has evinced the necessity of fixing , by public authority , the rate or value of Coins of every denomination , permitted to be ...
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according alloy Bank of England Bankers called cent CHAP Charles circulation commodities compared consideration Copper Coins defective degree denarii denomination diminished due proportion dwts Edition Edward Edward VI English estimated evil exported foreign countries Gold and Silver Gold Coins Gold Pennies Gold to Silver Guinea Half Crowns Henry VIII indentures intrinsic value issued King William kingdom legal tender Lords Majesty measure of property Mints nominal value old standard opinion ounce Paper currency Parliament pass in currency payment Penny period Pieces Post 8vo Pound in tale Pound of Gold Pound of Silver Pound Sterling Pound Troy Pound weight practice precious metals principal measure proclamation profits quantity Queen Elizabeth rate or value realm reason Recoinage recoined regulations relative value respect ROYAL EXCHANGE Seigneurage sesterces Shillings Silver Bullion Silver Coins Sovereign standard Silver Tower Pound Troy Pound value of Gold СНАР СПАР
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