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A letter addressed to the Honourable the House of Commons, on the necessity of an immediate attention to the state of the British coinage; in which a new, prompt, and effacious remedy for its defects is proposed. By Benjamin Smart.

By: Smart, BenjaminPublisher: London : Published by J. Hatchard, 1811Description: 26pSubject(s): Currency question -- Great Britain
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VOL.18(1) The principles of currency and exchanges applied to the report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the high price of gold bullion, &c. &c. VOL.18(2) Defence of abstract currencies, in reply to the Bullion report and Mr Huskisson / VOL.18(3) Observations on the fallacy of the supposed depreciation of the paper currency of the kingdom; with reasons for dissenting from the report of the bullion committee. By Francis Perceval Eliot, Esq. &c. &c. VOL.18(4) A letter addressed to the Honourable the House of Commons, on the necessity of an immediate attention to the state of the British coinage; in which a new, prompt, and effacious remedy for its defects is proposed. By Benjamin Smart. VOL.18(5) A plain enquiry into the nature, value, and operation of coin and paper money; and the methods whereby nations acquire & lose the precious metals: pointing out the causes of the present scarcity of legitimate coin, and the only method of restoring it to permanent circulation. By Peter Pennyless, Gent. A.S.C. VOL.18(6) An attempt at tracing the real bearing of the question concerning the depreciation of currency. Printed in 1810, during the sitting of the bullion committee. VOL.18(7) The expediency and practicability of the resumption of cash-payments by the Bank of England; or thoughts on the present serious state of the circulating medium of the kingdom; and a series of measures proposed, whereby sufficient supplies of specie might be introduced into the channels of circulation, and kept there, without the probability of its disappearing. By J.L. Towers.

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