Excerpt from A Brief on the Power of Congress to Coin Money and Regulate the Value Thereof Sir Edward Coke The Case of Mixed Money Commonwealth of England Act of 1649 18 Chas. II., c. 5. 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 Question of Silver: Comprising a Brief Summary of Legislation in the United, States, Together With a Practical Analysis of the Present Situation, and of the Arguments of the Advocates of Unlimited Silver Coinage The Constitution of the United States, framed in 1787, contains the following provis ions: Congress Shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of for eign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. (sec. 8, Art. I). No state Shall coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and Silver coin a tender in payment of debts. (sec. 10, Art. I.) 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 Address of Hon. John B. Henderson, at Louisiana, Mo., October 29, 1895: On Finance, Coinage, and Currency If in the beginning I quote two or three lines from the federal constitution, you must not suppose that I intend to vex you with constitutional constructions. Fortunately the words explain themselves: The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures. 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 Elementary Facts Bearing on the Silver Question: With Suggestions as to Their Present Significance The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall have power "To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin." (Art. I., Sec. 8, paragraph 5.) It also provides that no State shall coin money or "make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." (Art. I., Sec. 10, paragraph t.) Under the authority given by the Constitution, the act establishing the United States Mint was passed, and was approved April 2, 1792. It provides that the ratio of silver and gold shall be 15 to 1, and that any person may bring either gold or silver bullion to the mint to be coined, and that it shall be coined free of expense, and that all gold and silver coins struck at the mint shall be lawful tender in all payments whatsoever (1 U. S. Stat. at Large, p. 246). At that time the generally accepted ratio in France and Southern Europe was 15 DEGREES to 1, and those countries had free coinage laws. As silver, therefore, was relatively more valuable in the United States than in Europe, the result of this difference of ratio was that silver came to the United States where it was worth more gold, and gold went from the United States to Europe where it was worth more silver. 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 Scientific Commercial Standards: A Lecture Delivered Before the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Sept; 7, 1903 I doubt if the great mass of mankind, even those actively engaged in trade and commerce, realize the stupendous im portance of the subject - the laws governing it, like the law of gravitation, acting so silently and often played with so stealth fully by those whose interests are not always identical with the public good, that all may be affected powerfully without perceiving the real cause of disturbance. The importance of this subject was recognized by the framers of our National Constitution; for there in paragraph 5 of section 8 of article 1 of that great charter of our liberties it is provided that The Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin and fix the standard of weights and measures. 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 History of Banking in America: With an Inquiry How Far the Banking Institutions of America Are Adapted to This Country; And a Review of the Causes of the Recent Pressure on the Money Market After the conclusion of the war it was provided by the constitution of the, United States, that no. State should coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, 'or pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts; and the power to coin money, and to regulate the value thereof, was vested exclusively in Congress. 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.