Excerpt from The Depreciation of the Paper Currency of Great Britain ProvedAttempts have, indeed, been made to establish a distinction betwixt coin and gold, and to assert that this difference in value is only in reference to gold in bullion, whilst Bank Notes remain in every respect equivalent to the coin of the realm, but this opinion cannot be maintained, for the real value of coin depends, not on a piece of gold being called a guinea, or a piece of silver a shilling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.