COINAGE - LOCKE, John (subject.)

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Some Considerations About the Raising of Coin. First edition of an anonymous reply to John Locke's Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money, both part of the considerable output of publications surrounding the Great Recoinage of 1696, where the shortage and drawbacks of metal currency was engendering much debate.The terminal page is known in two settings, this dated 3 October 1696 with advertisements, the other dated 23 September 1696 and without advertisements.

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