Report from the Select Committee on Decimal Coinage; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index

Select Committee

Published by Not Stated, Not Stated, 1853

About this Item

A very scarce report that offers a look into the minutes and statistics carried out around the discussion of decimal coinage. The first edition of this very scarce report that discusses decimal coinage.Bound in half calf, with a front board label from the Institute of Bankers.The select committee was appointed to carry out a report that would explore practicality, advantages and cons of adopting a decimal system of coinage.With the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and statistics that break down the currencies as they would be decimalised.From the library of the Institute of Bankers, an organised network of bank workers that was established in 1879 to network and share educational resources amongst each other. In half calf binding and cloth binding. Externally, sound. With heavy wear to the leather and cracking to the joints. Front hinge is therefore tender. With the Institute of Bankers label to the front board and white library marks to the spine tail. With the institute's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front free endpaper is loose, but present, and the title page is missing from the work. This has been replaced by a tipped-in hand typed note to the beginning of the work. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and marks to the endpapers. Scattered spots to the first few leaves. Good Only.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report from the Select Committee on Decimal Coinage; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index
• Publisher: Not Stated, Not Stated
• Publication Date: 1853
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good Only
• Book Type: book