"Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value."

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Source : Sir William Petty (1769). “Tracts, Chiefly Relating to Ireland: Containing: 1. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. II. Essays in Political Arithmetic. III. The Political Anatomy of Ireland”, p.79

William Petty

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