HISTORY OF

COINAGE AND CURRENCY

IN THE UNITED STATES

AND THE PERENNIAL

CONTEST FOR SOUND MONEY

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EX-COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, EX-SUPERINTENDENT
OF BANKING DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, VICE-PRESIDENT CHASE NATIONAL BANK

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1903

All rights reserved

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up, electrotyped, and published September, 1903.

Norwood Press
7. S. Cusbing & Co. Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S. A.

12-11-36

This Volume is inscribed to the Memory of

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Patriot, Soldier, Financier, Statesman, Creative
Genius. In the dawn of our national life, with-

out guiding precedent, he evolved principles and
developed systems of inestimable and lasting value
to his countrymen.