THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS:

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
TORONTO

IN THE

UNITED STATES

WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE
CURRENCY SYSTEMS OF ALL
COMMERCIAL NATIONS

BY

A. BARTON HEPBURN, LL.D.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK
FORMERLY COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, EX-9UPERINTENDENT OF
BANKS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE

NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND EX-PRESIDENT

OF THE NEW YORK CLEARING-HOUSE

"It is only by a sound system of Money and Banking that a
Nation can Achieve Real Financial Independence and Power"

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

191-5

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