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... foreign moneys apply to the bankers , who by different means , as the touchstone and the balance , examine whether they are not adulterated or deficient in weight . " In a treatise published by Xenophon , upon the Athenian revenue , we ...
... foreign moneys apply to the bankers , who by different means , as the touchstone and the balance , examine whether they are not adulterated or deficient in weight . " In a treatise published by Xenophon , upon the Athenian revenue , we ...
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... foreign trade of the city brought thither coins of all countries , and in every state of wear . To remedy the loss and inconvenience thus caused , the merchants were ordered to bring their coins to the Bank , where they were weighed ...
... foreign trade of the city brought thither coins of all countries , and in every state of wear . To remedy the loss and inconvenience thus caused , the merchants were ordered to bring their coins to the Bank , where they were weighed ...
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... foreign countries , and compelled every merchant to keep an account at the bank , in order that he might at all times have legal money to pay his foreign bills . The premium ( called the Agio ) on bank money was regulated by the market ...
... foreign countries , and compelled every merchant to keep an account at the bank , in order that he might at all times have legal money to pay his foreign bills . The premium ( called the Agio ) on bank money was regulated by the market ...
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... foreign coins , to accommodate merchant - strangers , and of purchasing light money for the use of the mint . As several laws were made against exporting English coin , the king's exchangers , at the several seaports , furnished ...
... foreign coins , to accommodate merchant - strangers , and of purchasing light money for the use of the mint . As several laws were made against exporting English coin , the king's exchangers , at the several seaports , furnished ...
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... foreign coins for our English coins , although they had no right to buy any gold or silver for any other purpose than for their manufacture aforesaid , neither had any other person but those substituted by the Crown a right to buy the ...
... foreign coins for our English coins , although they had no right to buy any gold or silver for any other purpose than for their manufacture aforesaid , neither had any other person but those substituted by the Crown a right to buy the ...
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advances agents amount of notes balance bank notes Bank of England Bank of Ireland Bank of Scotland banking company banks of issue bills of exchange branch bank branches bullion called capital cash credit cent charter cheques clerks coin commercial committee country bankers currency current account customers debit debt demand deposit accounts deposits directors Ditto dividends duties effect employed established exchequer bills favour foreign funds give Government governor and company hands hence increase indorsed invested issue department issue notes issue of notes joint-stock banks keep liabilities loans London bankers manager ment merchants months notes in circulation notice occasion operations paid parties partners payable payment person pressure principle private bank produce profit promissory notes public companies rate of interest receipts received regulated remitted securities shareholders speculation Steady & Co tion trade transactions usually
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