Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... dollar for a square mile of the Amazon valley , which is the most fertile soil in the world . No doubt it will yet become the most valuable through conquest of nature's forces by labor . At present an acre of New Hampshire , with the ...
... dollar for a square mile of the Amazon valley , which is the most fertile soil in the world . No doubt it will yet become the most valuable through conquest of nature's forces by labor . At present an acre of New Hampshire , with the ...
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... The law made the Silver dollar , containing 371.25 grains of pure Silver , the unit of value . This figure was reached by comparing a number of Spanish Silver dollars , and taking their average POLITICAL ECONOMY . 43.
... The law made the Silver dollar , containing 371.25 grains of pure Silver , the unit of value . This figure was reached by comparing a number of Spanish Silver dollars , and taking their average POLITICAL ECONOMY . 43.
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... dollar heavier , but by diminishing the number of grains in the Gold dollar . 6. In the meantime England had adopted a new policy . After a long suspension of the specie payment during the war with France , she resumed the use of coin ...
... dollar heavier , but by diminishing the number of grains in the Gold dollar . 6. In the meantime England had adopted a new policy . After a long suspension of the specie payment during the war with France , she resumed the use of coin ...
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... dollar , and stopped the coinage of the former by law . Since that time two ineffectual attempts have been made to restore the credit of Silver , first by a limited coinage , at the ratio : 16 , and then by large purchases of the metal ...
... dollar , and stopped the coinage of the former by law . Since that time two ineffectual attempts have been made to restore the credit of Silver , first by a limited coinage , at the ratio : 16 , and then by large purchases of the metal ...
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... dollar , the difference is very considerable . But coin is money which passes for little more than the worth of the metal it is made of . 2. Besides this we have representative money of several kinds . The simplest form that we often ...
... dollar , the difference is very considerable . But coin is money which passes for little more than the worth of the metal it is made of . 2. Besides this we have representative money of several kinds . The simplest form that we often ...
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