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1853 Report from the Select Committee on Decimal Coinage; Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index
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Description
First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce
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.
Condition
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 This has been replaced by a tipped-in hand typed note to the beginning of the work.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.
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