 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 568 דפים
...custom of paying them in money. This money, however, was, for a long time, received at the exchequer by weight and not by tale. The inconveniency and difficulty...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations of those coins... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 דפים
...piece, and not covering the whole surface, ascertains the fineness, but not the weight of the metal. The inconveniency and difficulty of weighing those...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. But in every country of the world,... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 דפים
...This money, however, was, for a long time, received at the exchequer, by weight, and not by tale. 1 The inconveniency and difficulty of weighing those...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations of those coins... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1909 - 634 דפים
...custom of paying them in money. This money, however, was, for a long time, received at the exchequer, by weight and not by tale. The inconveniency and difficulty...fineness, but the weight of the metal. Such coins, A — HCX therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1910 - 490 דפים
...custom of paying them in money. This money, however, was, for a long time, received at the exchequer by weight and not by tale. The inconveniency and difficulty...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. expressed the weight or quantity... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2008 - 1148 דפים
...not by tale.3 and coinage to ¡how The inconvcniency and difficulty of weighing those weight later. metals with exactness gave occasion to the institution...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The names of coins Tlie denominations... | |
 | Guang-Zhen Sun - 2005 - 312 דפים
...not by tale. The inconveniency and difficulty of weighing those metals with exactness gave occasion the institution of coins, of which the stamp, covering...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations of those coins... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2007 - 597 דפים
...custom of paying them in money. This money, however, was, for a long time, received at the exchequer, by weight and not by tale, The inconveniency and difficulty...fineness, but the weight of the metal. Such coins, A — HCX therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations... | |
 | Michael Lewis - 2007 - 1476 דפים
...custom of paying them in money. This money, however, was for a long time, received at the exchequer, by weight, and not by tale. The inconveniency and...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale, as at present, without the trouble of weighing. The denominations of those coins... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 דפים
...piece, and not covering the whole surface, ascertains the fineness, but not the weight of the metal. The inconveniency and difficulty of weighing those...but the weight of the metal. Such coins, therefore, were received by tale as at present, without the trouble of weighing. But in every country of the world,... | |
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The inconveniency and difficulty of weighing those metals with exactness gave occasion to the institution of coins, of which the stamp, covering entirely both sides of the piece and sometimes the edges too, was supposed to ascertain not only the fineness,... 
