Essay on Money

Excerpt from An Essay on Money: Its Origin and Use For some years past, inquiries into the Origin and Use of Money have occasionally occupied my leisure hours, and afforded me recreation after the discharge of duties more necessary, though less agreeable than the study of Numismatics. In this way, probably, I should have continued to amuse myself, with no ulterior views, had not circumstances arisen which converted what was previously a source of private gratification, into a pursuit of higher character. My investigations, as I proceeded, began to assume a more serious aspect, and to promise usefulness to my country in the place of solitary entertainment. I saw that, generally speaking, there were truths in the theory of money "not dreamt of in our philosophy." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.