Cover
Table of Contents
Preface to Fourth Edition
Preface to First Edition
Part I The United States, 1792-1873
I.I The Arguments of Bimetallists and Monometallists
I.II The Silver Period, 1792-1834
I.III Cause of the Change in the Relative Values of Gold and Silver, 1780-1820
I.IV Change of the Legal Ratio by the Act of 1834
I.V The Gold Discoveries and the Act of 1853
I.VI The Gold Standard, 1853-1873
I.VII The Demonetization of Silver
Part II The Late Fall in the Value of Silver
II.VIII The Production of Gold since 1850
II.IX India and the East
II.X Germany Displaces Silver with Gold
II.XI France and the Latin Union
II.XII Cause of the Late Fall in the Value of Silver
II.XIII The Continued Fall in the Value of Silver since 1885
Part III The United States since 1873
III.XIV Silver Legislation in 1878
III.XV Operation of the Act of 1878
III.XVI Act of 1890
III.XVII Cessation of Silver Purchases, 1893
Appendices
Appendix I Production of Gold and Silver in the World
Appendix II Relative Values of Gold and Silver
Appendix III.
Appendix IV Coinage Laws
Appendix V Coinage Statistics
Appendix VI.
Appendix VII.
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The History of Bimetallism in the United States

Laughlin, J. Laurence
(1850-1933)
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1885
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New York: D. Appleton and Co.
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1898
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Appendix III.

A. Value of the 371¼ Grains of Pure Silver in the Silver Dollar corresponding to Prices of Fine Silver per Ounce.

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B. Ratios between Gold and Silver corresponding to Market Prices of an Ounce of Fine Silver.

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C. Annual Average Market Value of 371¼ Grains of Pure Silver since 1834.

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D. Purchasing Power of the Silver Dollar over Silver Bullion.

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E. Operation of the Act of February 28, 1878.

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F. Operation of the Act of July 14, 1890 ("The Sherman Act").

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