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Chapters

1. CONTENTS.386 words
2. Sect. I.—: Circumstances which led to the use of Money. Principal properties which all Commodities used as such ought to possess. Metallic Money not a Sign or a Measure of Value, but a real Equivalent.3,981 words
3. Sect. II.—: Circumstances which Regulate the Exchangeable Value of Money.3,161 words
4. Sect. III.—: A Moderate Seignorage on Coined Money advantageous. Principles which should regulate its amount.13,285 words
5. Sect. IV.—: Expense of a Currency consisting of the Precious Metals.704 words
6. Sect. V.—: How Paper is substituted for Coins, and its value maintained.2,521 words
7. Sect. VI.—: Whether Gold or Silver should be adopted as the Standard of the Currency, or whether it should consist of both.1,999 words
8. Sect. VII.—: Standard of Money. Duodecimal and Decimal systems of dividing Coins. Degradation of Coins in Rome, France, Great Britain, and other countries. Effects of this degradation.8,677 words
9. TABLES RELATIVE TO THE MONEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHER COUNTRIES.3,139 words
10. Sect. I.—: General Principles in regard to Paper-Money.5,408 words
11. Sect. II.—: Banks of Deposit and Banks of Issue. Principles on which they are established.6,043 words
12. Sect. III.—: Bank of England, Account of.4,538 words
13. Sect. IV.—: Private and Joint-Stock Banks.4,364 words
14. Sect. V.—: Act of 1844. Objections to and Defence of that Act. Suspensions of in 1847 and 1857.8,646 words
15. Sect. VI.: Management of the Bank of England.5,777 words
16. TABLES exhibiting a View of the Issues, Securities, Bullion, &c., of the Bank of England, and of the Joint-Stock and Private Banks in England and Wales.1,108 words
17. Sect. VII.—: Banks (Scotch).4,477 words
18. Sect. VIII.—: Banking in Ireland.1,049 words
19. Sect. IX.—: Banks of Venice, Amsterdam, &c.1,047 words
20. Sect. X.—: The Bank of France,1,472 words
21. Sect. XI.—: Banking in the United States.9,066 words
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