A History of American CurrencyLudwig von Mises Institute, 2007 - Business & Economics |
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advances amount appears balance of trade bank notes Bank of England Bank of Ireland bank paper bank-notes bankers bills Bullion Report capital cash payments cause cent charter circulating medium circumstances coinage colony commercial Committee commodities Congress continued contraction convertible country banks crisis debt demand deposits depreciation Directors discount doctrine dollar effect excess exchange expense exports fall favorable fixed fluctuations foreign gold bullion gold coin Hamburgh high price imports increased legal tender limit loans London market price Massachusetts measure ment merchants millions nation operation opinion ounce paper currency paper issues paper money Parliament passed period pound sterling precious metals premium present price of gold produce quantity question reduced rency Restriction resume resumption Rhode Island seigniorage silver small notes Spanish dollars specie specie circular speculation standard sterling tariff taxes tion Treasury notes United States Bank York banks