The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896Shaw, William Arthur
History
The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896
Shaw, William Arthur
Money -- History
+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
| | 1878. | 1879. |
+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
| Gold (dollars), | 82,500,000 | 123,700,000 |
| Silver (dollars), | ... | 11,100,000 |
| Silver (small coin), | 53,600,000 | 54,100,000 |
| Gold Certificates, | 44,400,000 | 14,800,000 |
| Silver Certificates, | ... | 12,000,000 |
| State Notes, | 311,400,000 | 327,700,000 |
| Notes of the National Banks, | 313,900,000 | 330,000,000 |
| +---------------+---------------+
| Totals, | 805,800,000 | 862,600,000 |
+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
In 1893--
Metallic.
1893. Dollars.
Gold bullion, 84,631,966
Silver bullion, 128,479,587
Gold coin, 582,366,998
Silver dollars, 419,332,777
Subsidiary silver coins, 76,267,586
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1,291,078,914
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Paper.
Legal tender notes (old issue), 346,681,016
Legal Tender Notes Act, 14th July 1890, 153,160,151
Gold certificates, 77,487,769
Silver certificates, 334,584,504
National Bank notes, 208,538,844
Currency certificates, 39,085,000
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1,159,537,284
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Of the total of silver dollars in the above, only a matter of 57,869,589
are in circulation. The balance, 361,463,188, are in the Treasury
vaults.
[Sidenote: THE NETHERLANDS IN 1816]
Netherlands.
During the eighteenth century the monetary history of the Netherlands
loses its central and determining importance. The details of the Mint
laws, which precede the later developments of the nineteenth century,
are therefore relegated to the Appendix (No. IV. Holland).
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