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... Currency in America.- Favourable Exchange with Sweden , SECTION IV . A Statement concerning the Par of Exchange , by the Bullion Committee , examined , Page 319 321 CHAPTER III . MR BOSANQUET'S ALLEGED FACTS , IN SUPPOSED REFUTATION OF ...
... Currency in America.- Favourable Exchange with Sweden , SECTION IV . A Statement concerning the Par of Exchange , by the Bullion Committee , examined , Page 319 321 CHAPTER III . MR BOSANQUET'S ALLEGED FACTS , IN SUPPOSED REFUTATION OF ...
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... currency , and that , provided the supply of paper notes , declared to be legal tender , be sufficiently limited , their value may be maintained on a par with the value of gold , or raised to any higher level . If , therefore , it were ...
... currency , and that , provided the supply of paper notes , declared to be legal tender , be sufficiently limited , their value may be maintained on a par with the value of gold , or raised to any higher level . If , therefore , it were ...
Page 84
... currency of one country , in the currency of another . It may also be ascertained by comparing it with some standard common to both countries . If a bill on England for 1007. will purchase the same quantity of goods in France or Spain ...
... currency of one country , in the currency of another . It may also be ascertained by comparing it with some standard common to both countries . If a bill on England for 1007. will purchase the same quantity of goods in France or Spain ...
Page 85
... currency is higher than it should be in those countries , and the comparative value of their currencies , and that of England , would be immediately restored to par , by ex- tracting from theirs , or by adding to that of England . Those ...
... currency is higher than it should be in those countries , and the comparative value of their currencies , and that of England , would be immediately restored to par , by ex- tracting from theirs , or by adding to that of England . Those ...
Page 125
... currency . It appears , however , as we have just seen , that in a country where commodities are taxed , they will not all vary in price in the same proportion , either in consequence of a rise or of a fall in the value of currency . If ...
... currency . It appears , however , as we have just seen , that in a country where commodities are taxed , they will not all vary in price in the same proportion , either in consequence of a rise or of a fall in the value of currency . If ...
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