By the King, a proclamation, declaring the rates at which gold shall be current in payments
1717
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Title
By the King, a proclamation, declaring the rates at which gold shall be current in payments
Uniform title
Proclamations. 1717-12-22
Created/published
Edinburgh : Printed by James Watson, 1717.
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; (full-sheet).
Corporate author
Great Britain. Sovereign (1714-1727 : George I)
Note
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Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), N54414
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 271114 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The B. F. Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund. Ordered from Amanda Hall Rare Books, D9060, 2017-02-07, Cat. Broadsides. From dealer's description: Broadside, single sheet folio (195 x 335 mm), royal arms at the head and decorative initial, drop-head title, small tear touching seven lines of text and decorative initial, with no loss but fragile, corner of imprint also slightly torn and tatty, but text present, text cut close along the lower left hand side but with no loss, slightly dusty and browned, with two folds. A rare Edinburgh issue of this economics broadside addressing the dangers of over-valuing gold. The proclamation forbids the trading of guineas, or ‘pieces of gold’ for a higher rate than twenty-one shillings per guinea. The broadside was also printed in London in the same year. ‘Whereas the Value of the Gold, compared with the Value of the Silver Coins of this Realm, as Paid and Received, is greater in Proportion than the Value of Gold is to the Value of Silver in the Neighbouring Nations; and the Over-valuation of Gold in the Current Coins of this Realm hath been a great Cause of Carrying out and Lessening the Species of the Silver Coins thereof, which is highly Prejudicial to the Trade of this Kingdom’. ESTC t187557, listing the National Library of Scotland only.
Folger accession
271114