HISTORY OF

COINAGE AND CURRENCY

IN THE UNITED STATES

AND THE PERENNIAL

CONTEST FOR SOUND MONEY

•The M

EX-COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, EX-SUPERINTENDENT
OF BANKING DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, VICE-PRESIDENT CHASE NATIONAL BANK

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1903

All rights reserved

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up, electrotyped, and published September, 1903.

Norwood Press
7. S. Cusbing & Co. Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S. A.

12-11-36

This Volume is inscribed to the Memory of

Genius.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Patriot, Soldier, Financier, Statesman, Creative In the dawn of our national life, without guiding precedent, he evolved principles and developed systems of inestimable and lasting value to his countrymen.