"Paper money" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of paper money; but the circulating notes of banks and bankers are the species which is best known, and which seems best ...
— An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations • Adam Smith
... to this slight review of the resources, means of defence of and methods of attack on that colony. I conclude by observing that scarcely any coinage is to be found in circulation there. They use a currency of copper with which they pay the troops, and some paper money." (* Compare Peron's remark concerning the little time at his disposal. Both reports were written only a few days before Le Geographe left Ile-de-France ...
— The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders • Ernest Scott
... a tip," cried a man with a frock-coat and a straw hat. "Blest if I've got a single coin left—nothing but paper money. That's good enough for me. I ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 11, 1919 • Various
... pocket for some greasy rags of paper money which I pressed into his honourable hand. He bowed and departed. I ...
— The Mountebank • William J. Locke
... abstract economic theory is concerned. Activity in that department was confined to Webb and myself. Later on, Pease's interest in banking and currency led him to contribute some criticism of the schemes of the currency cranks who infest all advanced movements, flourishing the paper money of the Guernsey Market, and to give the Society some positive guidance as to the rapid integration of modern banking. But this was an essay in applied economics. It may be impossible to draw a line between the old abstract deductive economics and the modern historical ...
— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease
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