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Written by William Ridgeway


The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

by William Ridgeway

The following pages are an attempt to arrive at a knowledge of the origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards by the Comparative Method. As both these institutions played a not inconsiderable part in the development of civilization, it seemed worth while to approach the subject from a different point of view from that from which it had been p..