The Pamphleteer, Volume 12Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1818 |
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... possess a value only corre- spondent to the value of such diminished sovereigns . The price , then , or nominal value of bullion , is inversely as the value of the standard coin , and consequently will increase as the standard coin is ...
... possess a value only corre- spondent to the value of such diminished sovereigns . The price , then , or nominal value of bullion , is inversely as the value of the standard coin , and consequently will increase as the standard coin is ...
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... possess a value , like bank notes , correspondent to the value of the standard coin , into which they may be ... possessing intrinsic value , it might happen by a change in the relative values of gold and silver , that the value of ...
... possess a value , like bank notes , correspondent to the value of the standard coin , into which they may be ... possessing intrinsic value , it might happen by a change in the relative values of gold and silver , that the value of ...
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... possesses which shall make it capable , in consequence of being stamped , of obtaining a certain given value ... possess intrinsic value ; and the quantity of goods or labor which a given quantity of money can procure , will be ...
... possesses which shall make it capable , in consequence of being stamped , of obtaining a certain given value ... possess intrinsic value ; and the quantity of goods or labor which a given quantity of money can procure , will be ...
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... possess . Not so , when this effect arises from a deterioration of the currency : for then it is a decided injustice , since it is an event which could not have been foreseen nor provided against , and there is at the same time no limit ...
... possess . Not so , when this effect arises from a deterioration of the currency : for then it is a decided injustice , since it is an event which could not have been foreseen nor provided against , and there is at the same time no limit ...
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... possessing intrinsic value . In tracing the origin of money it has already appeared that it is a commodity which is ... possessed value , it could not answer the purpose of a circulating medium . If leather or paper stamped under the ...
... possessing intrinsic value . In tracing the origin of money it has already appeared that it is a commodity which is ... possessed value , it could not answer the purpose of a circulating medium . If leather or paper stamped under the ...
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