TABLE OF CONTENTS. Monetary units of all countries (Tables 4, 5 and 6), In many cases only ideal coins, The pound sterling and the dollar as, The dollar-origin of the dollar symbol, American- of the Confederation, American of the United States, Reduction in value of United States dollars in 1837, Of the medieval banks, 5 38 Various effects of on value of currency, Inconvertible paper money-three causes affecting its value, The method adopted by the author of this book for approxi- Table of approximate amount of coin in each country in All estimates in regard to Asia entirely conjectural, Lavish use of both gold and silver in Asia for personal The stock of gold and silver in Asia not a source of supply Probable stock of gold and silver coin in the world, AVERAGE RATIO OF NATIONAL REVENUE TO VOLUME The ratio of national revenue to the total volume of money Table showing the uniformity in the proportions of money and national revenue per capita of the population in The average amount of annual national revenue about 38 to Striking illustration of the above rule in the proportions of annual revenue to the volume of money in use in the 34, 35 Diagram showing the approximate volume of paper money in the world each year from 1845 to 1875, and the The average annual product of gold prior to about 1825 was thirteen millions to fifteen millions dollars,, Increased to about forty-three millions dollars per annum Table of the product in the various quarters of the globe, Author's estimate of total annual production, consumption and addition to stock in the world from 1840 to 1875, Diagram showing estimated production and consumption of Production, consumption and exports of silver for the United The end of the golden era about 1862, 145 Cause of the decline of silver with the decline of gold after 1849, 133 Tables of relative values of gold and silver, Diagram showing the course of relative values from 1840 to 141, 142 1876, 151, 152 The Latin Monetary Union, Demonetization of silver in Great Britain in 1816, The difference between the burden of war debts and the PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN GOLD. Cause of the great rise of prices from 1862 to 1867, Causes of the reaction in 1872-3, 131 134 |