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Currency Speech by H C Burchard 1870 on monetary reform
In a June 8 1870 speech in the House Hon H C Burchard argues for careful currency reform, warns against reckless changes, and outlines how money functions as standard value medium and capital. He compares coin and paper, discusses circulation, loanable capital, and international coin standards, and critiques unequal bank circulation distribution.
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