Republication of Count Matsukata Masayoshi, 'Report on the adoption of the gold standard in Japan ' (1899).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Japan. Ōkurashō.

Contributor:

Matsukata, Masayoshi, 1835-1924.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Collection Moneta ; 174.

Documents and studies on 19th c. monetary history

Collection Moneta ; 174

Documents and Studies on 19th c. Monetary History

Standardized Title:

Report on the adoption of the gold standard in Japan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money--Japan.

Money.

Coinage.

Japan.

Coinage--Japan.

Currency question--Japan.

Currency question.

Physical Description:

333 pages : illustration ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wetteren, Belgium : Moneta 2014.

Contents:

Successive steps in the development of the coinage system since the early years of Meiji.

The state of affairs which necessitated the coinage reform of 1897.

The Chinese indemnity and the creation of the gold reserve.

The coinage law of 1897.

The laws and ordinances relating to the carrying into operation of the coinage law.

Importation of a portion of the Chinese indemnity.

Measures taken to convert the imported bullion into coins.

The minting of new coins.

Prospects of future supply for the gold reserve.

The withdrawal from circulation of 1-yen silver coins.

Final disposal of the retired silver yen.

The employment of funds in the government treasury in connection with the coinage reform.

Effects of the coinage reform upon the economic condition of our country.

The monetary system of Formosa.

Notes:

Originally published: Tokio : Printed at the Government Press, 1899.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789491384424

9491384422

OCLC:

897426785