A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 52
was not re-peated. The precious metals have been then for agesthe chief mutcrials of coinage. Of an intrinsicworth, compact, divisible, and durable, theyseem by the common consent of mankind to bebest calculated for the ordinary purposes of acurrency ; tiiey possess, however, other proper-ties… … ria.i.
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