Monetary Units And Coinage Systems Of The Principal Countries Of The World

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This book provides an overview of the monetary systems in different countries, analyzing their history and development. It also explores the role of gold and silver in currency, as well as the various methods of coin production and exchange. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Monetary Units and Coinage Systems of the Principal Countries of the World, 1929: Complied in the Office of Director of the Mint Commercial transactions of the people of the United States with the peoples of other countries have so greatly expanded in recent years, and the monetary systems of many countries have been so changed as a result of the World War of 1914 - 1918, that a revised, concise compilation of the several monetary units and coinage systems in use, showing their relations to the system of the United States and to each other, should be useful to many people. About the Publisher 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.

Excerpt from The Monetary Systems of the Principal Countries of the World: Compiled in the Office of the Director of the Mint, 1913 Honduras is on a silver basis, the bank-note currency being redeemed in silver pesos on demand. Salvador is on a silver basis. The currency is bank notes, convertible into silver on demand. The legal monetary unit of Salvador is 1 peso, silver, 0.900 fine, the same as the Peruvian peso, composed of 8 reales of 121/2 cents each. They are coined in England and at the mints of the United States for the banks in San Salvador, with the authorization of the Government, without which authorization coinage can not take place. About the Publisher 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.