On the principles of a note circulation
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Murphy, Joseph John. 'On the principles of a note circulation'. - Dublin: Dublin Statistical Society,Vol.II, Part IX, 1857, ppi-50Download Item:
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It may be regarded as established beyond controversy, that the
convertibility of bank notes must be preserved. But the conditions
under which convertible notes ought to be issued are still open to
discussion.
Dr Hancock maintains, in his defence of the Bank Charter Act
of 1844, that notes being, like coin, part of the circulating medium,
they ought, like coin, to be issued by the state or under its immediate care. I agree with this argument in so far as it is consistent
>n itself. I think that the state ought to be the issuer of the
paper circulation, in the same sense that it is the issuer of the
metallic circulation. But the expression, "issuer of the circulation,"
is ambiguous. The state issues the metallic circulation in the
sense of stamping it, in order to authenticate its value ? not in the
sense of supplying the country with a metallic currency.
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Read May 18th, 1857
Author: Murphy, Joseph John
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Dublin Statistical SocietyType of material:
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Journal of the Dublin Statistical SocietyVol.II, Part IX, 1857
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