A Sketch of the History of the Currency: Comprising a Brief Review of the Opinions of the Most Eminent Writers on the Subject (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of the Currency: Comprising a Brief Review of the Opinions of the Most Eminent Writers on the Subject

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The reader is requested to correct the errors in pages 47, 60, 61, and 237, before commencing the perusal of the book, for though patent mistakes, they might mislead a person not familiar with the subject. The author must plead the haste with which it was necessary to prepare this work, that it might be placed before the Public While engaged with the subject, as an apology for these, and, he fears, many other imperfections.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of the Currency: Comprising a Brief Review of the Opinions of the Most Eminent Writers on the Subject

The following pages are placed before the public in the hope that the brief review which they contain of the opinions of many eminent men, and of the events which tend to confirm or disprove those opinions, may, though very imperfect, be found useful at the present time, when the difficulties which lie in the way of a satisfactory regulation of the paper circulation,, and, still more, the questions connected with the depreciation which may, probably, take place in the national standard of value, in consequence of the recent discoveries of gold in California and Australia, render a more general diffusion of a knowledge of the nature of the currency and its influence on the social economy an object of the greatest importance.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.