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THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT The .Riiyal I ...tiIIute oj Intemalional Affairs i8 _ ..""jftcial tJnrl """.po!ilicaZ body,Joon.dtd ... 1920 to .....",..,.ag. tJnrl Jat>iZital. Ike 8cientific 8ttu% oj intemalionaZ qu<8t1of18. The 11l81i1ut., ... BUCh, i8 precluded by;u rvlu from upruring an opinion 011 any CUlpect oJ...,.,.• ....eionaZ "ffaVr8; opinionB upru.ed ... 1MB book or.. /hereJor., pur'11I indWiduoZ. THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONAL • INVESTMENT . A Report by a Study Group of Members of the Royal Institute of International Mairs OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO 1 __ -urIM .....,.;_ ~IM R'¥IlI"- ~I-.. ..... -'~ 1937 ODORD UNIVERSITY PRBSS AMBN ROUBH, B.C. 4 London Bdlnbmgb Glalgow New York 'l'OlOIlto Melbourne Capetown Bomb., Calcutta Madru HUIIPHREY IIILII'ORD PVBLIBBBB W nm VIn'D8lfl' XbSZ;-. \.N3t &7 /1 ( 2.. J FOREWORD TIm Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs believe that this a.ddition to the series of Study Group Reports will fill an important gap in the literature of international economics. It is an attempt, in the first ple.ce, to e.na.lyse objectively the conditions under which long-term oapital may move between countries and to consider oe.refully the speoie.l fe.otors in the world economy of to-day which tend to limit the extent to which such movements e.re possible or desirable. Secondly, the book contains a careful study of the post war history of international investments which brings together facts and figures whioh e.re ine.ocessible to most students and business men. The Council is indebted to the following group of members of the Institute for the preparation of the Report: Mr. -
A Handbook to the Coinage of Scotland
Gift of the for In ^ Nflmisutadcs Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/handbooktocoinagOOrobe A HANDBOOK TO THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND. Interior of a Mint. From a French engraving of the reign of Louis XII. A HANDBOOK TO THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND, GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY VARIETY ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH MINT IN GOLD, SILVER, BILLON, AND COPPER, FROM ALEXANDER I. TO ANNE, With an Introductory Chapter on the Implements and Processes Employed. BY J. D. ROBERTSON, MEMBER OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON. LONDON: GEORGE BELL ANI) SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1878. CHISWICK PRESS C. WHITTINGHAM, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. TO C. W. KING, M.A., SENIOR FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. PAGE Preface vii Introductory Chapter xi Table of Sovereigns, with dates, showing the metals in which each coined xxix Gold Coins I Silver Coins 33 Billon Coins 107 Copper Coins 123 Appendix 133 Mottoes on Scottish Coins translated 135 List of Mint Towns, with their principal forms of spelling . 138 Index 141 PREFACE. The following pages were originally designed for my own use alone, but the consideration that there must be many collectors and owners of coins who would gladly give more attention to this very interesting but somewhat involved branch of numismatics—were they not deterred by having no easily accessible information on the subject—has in- duced me to offer them to the public. My aim has been to provide a description of every coin issued by the Scottish Mint, with particulars as to weight, fineness, rarity, mint-marks, &c., gathered from the best authorities, whom many collectors would probably not have the opportunity of consulting, except in our large public libraries ; at the same time I trust that the information thus brought together may prove sufficient to refresh the memory of the practised numismatist on points of detail. -
Financial Panics and Scandals
Wintonbury Risk Management Investment Strategy Discussions www.wintonbury.com Financial Panics, Scandals and Failures And Major Events 1. 1343: the Peruzzi Bank of Florence fails after Edward III of England defaults. 2. 1621-1622: Ferdinand II of the Holy Roman Empire debases coinage during the Thirty Years War 3. 1634-1637: Tulip bulb bubble and crash in Holland 4. 1711-1720: South Sea Bubble 5. 1716-1720: Mississippi Bubble, John Law 6. 1754-1763: French & Indian War (European Seven Years War) 7. 1763: North Europe Panic after the Seven Years War 8. 1764: British Currency Act of 1764 9. 1765-1769: Post war depression, with farm and business foreclosures in the colonies 10. 1775-1783: Revolutionary War 11. 1785-1787: Post Revolutionary War Depression, Shays Rebellion over farm foreclosures. 12. Bank of the United States, 1791-1811, Alexander Hamilton 13. 1792: William Duer Panic in New York 14. 1794: Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania (Gallatin mediates) 15. British currency crisis of 1797, suspension of gold payments 16. 1808: Napoleon Overthrows Spanish Monarchy; Shipping Marques 17. 1813: Danish State Default 18. 1813: Suffolk Banking System established in Boston and eventually all of New England to clear bank notes for members at par. 19. Second Bank of the United States, 1816-1836, Nicholas Biddle 20. Panic of 1819, Agricultural Prices, Bank Currency, and Western Lands 21. 1821: British restoration of gold payments 22. Republic of Poyais fraud, London & Paris, 1820-1826, Gregor MacGregor. 23. British Banking Crisis, 1825-1826, failed Latin American investments, etc., six London banks including Henry Thornton’s Bank and sixty country banks failed. -
North York Coin Club Founded 1960 MONTHLY MEETINGS 4TH Tuesday 7:30 P.M
North York Coin Club Founded 1960 MONTHLY MEETINGS 4TH Tuesday 7:30 P.M. AT Edithvale Community Centre, 7 Edithvale Drive, North York MAIL ADDRESS: NORTH YORK COIN CLUB, P.O.BOX 10005 R.P.O. Yonge & Finch, 5576 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 0B6 Web site: www.northyorkcoinclub.ca Contact the Club : Executive Committee E-mail: [email protected] President ........................................Nick Cowan Director ..........................................David Quinlan Receptionist ................................Franco Farronato Phone: 647-222-9995 1st Vice President ..........................Bill O’Brien Director ..........................................Roger Fox Draw Prizes..................................Bill O’Brien 2nd Vice President..........................Shawn Hamilton Director ..........................................Vince Chiappino Social Convenor ..........................Bill O’Brien Member : Secretary ........................................Henry Nienhuis Junior Director ................................ Librarian ......................................Robert Wilson Program Planning ........................ Canadian Numismatic Assocation Treasurer ........................................ Auctioneer ......................................Bob Porter Past President ................................Robert Wilson Auction Manager ............................Mark Argentino Ontario Numismatic Association Editor ..............................................Paul Petch THE BULLETIN FOR APRIL 2009 Regular club members -
The Big Reset: War on Gold and the Financial Endgame
WILL s A system reset seems imminent. The world’s finan- cial system will need to find a new anchor before the year 2020. Since the beginning of the credit s crisis, the US realized the dollar will lose its role em as the world’s reserve currency, and has been planning for a monetary reset. According to Willem Middelkoop, this reset MIDD Willem will be designed to keep the US in the driver’s seat, allowing the new monetary system to include significant roles for other currencies such as the euro and China’s renminbi. s Middelkoop PREPARE FOR THE COMING RESET E In all likelihood gold will be re-introduced as one of the pillars LKOOP of this next phase in the global financial system. The predic- s tion is that gold could be revalued at $ 7,000 per troy ounce. By looking past the American ‘smokescreen’ surrounding gold TWarh on Golde and the dollar long ago, China and Russia have been accumu- lating massive amounts of gold reserves, positioning them- THE selves for a more prominent role in the future to come. The and the reset will come as a shock to many. The Big Reset will help everyone who wants to be fully prepared. Financial illem Middelkoop (1962) is founder of the Commodity BIG Endgame Discovery Fund and a bestsell- s ing author, who has been writing about the world’s financial system since the early 2000s. Between 2001 W RESET and 2008 he was a market commentator for RTL Television in the Netherlands and also BIG appeared on CNBC. -
Ancient Coins
ANCIENT COINS GREEK COINS 1001 Sicily, Akgragas (495-480 BC), silver didrachm, sea eagle standing r., rev. crab within shallow incuse, certified and graded by NGC as Very Good £100-150 1002 Sicily, Syracuse, gold dilitron, Emergency issue of the Second Democracy, winter 406-5 BC, head of Athena l., wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with serpent, palmette and elaborate spiral tendrils, legend before, signed IM below neck, rev. Aegius with gorgoneion centre, wt. 1.80 gms. (Boeh., Essays Thompson pl.38, 12), a few surface marks, very fine, extremely rare - only a few specimens known £1500-2000 1003 Attica, Athens (c. 510-500 BC), silver tetradrachm, head of Athena r., in archaic style, full plume visible, rev. AΘE, owl stg. r., olive leaf to left, crescent to right, wt. 17.1gms. (HGC.4; Seltman Group H), very fine, rare £10,000-12,000 A very fine example of an early Athenian tetradrachm of superb archaic style. A well-centred strike, with the full plume of Athena’s helmet visible. This impressive archaic tetradrachm was issued a decade before the first Persian war. Athens provided the Ionian Greeks with assistance in their rebellion against the Persians, but aside from the sack of Sardes, the campaign was unsuccessful. Nonetheless, the Persian King Darius, aiming to punish Athens for their support of the Ionian rebellion, launched an invasion of Greece, landing at Marathon in 490 BC. Only twenty five miles from the city of Athens, the vastly outnumbered Athenian hoplite force crushed the invading Persian army, who turned and fled after suffering horrendous casualties. -
The Scottish Copper Coinages, 1642-1697
THE SCOTTISH COPPER COINAGES, 1642-1697 J. K. R. MURRAY AND B. H. I. H. STEWART ALONE SO early in northern Europe, issues of copper coins were made in Scotland (and Ireland) during the second half of the fifteenth century. In Scotland, after these early coinages of copper farthings and pennies, the smaller denominations, up to the end of the sixteenth century, were of silver or billon. The billon was often extremely base, some- times falling as low as one part of silver to twenty-three parts of copper, as in the case of some of the hardheads of Mary and James VI. The last Scottish billon coins were the saltire placks, issued in 1594. After this, pure copper only was used for coins of very small value, commencing with an issue of 100 stone of twopenny and penny pieces in 1597. Further issues of coins of these values, each of 500 stone, were made in 1614,1623, and 1629. The penny and twopence of 1597 have a bust of James on the obverse which is the same as that on the twelve-penny and thirty-penny pieces issued during 1594— 1601.1 The other issues are without a bust and have relatively little variety. The issue of about 4,000 stone of pennies and twopences of very light weight during 1632-9 has been comprehensively reviewed by Mr. R. B. K. Stevenson.2 The various series covered by the present paper, which comprise the remainder of the Scottish copper coinage, have been dealt with as follows: {a) 1642-68 by Murray. -
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tso/rEc JTc l/sc 2JING2 PROPOSAL SUMMARY FORM TO ACCOMPANY SUBMISSIONS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTOIRE OF ISO/IEC 106461 Please fill all the sections A, B and C below. Please read Principles and Procedures Document (P & P) from htip:/lwww.dkuuq.dklJTCllSC2lWG2ldocslprirrcirrtes.htryl- for guidelines and details before filling this form. Please ensure you are using the latest Form from http:/lwww.dkuuq.dkJJTCllSC2lWG2ldcc-slsuqfigfflgjli11id. See also httn./lwww.dku 6. Choose one of the following: This is a complete proposal: (or) More information will be provided later: B. Technical - General 1. Choose one of the following: a. This proposal is for a new script (set of characters): ,<1 t:A Proposed name of script: -----------_/:_ b. The proposal is for addition of character(s) to an existing block: YPq Name of the existing btock: -_-C-UfU*n<_:4 -5-.1-,rrh-ol,S- _-____--- __--f-":"-____--___ 2.Numberofcharactersinproposal: I | --L- -----_ 3. Proposed category (select one from below - see section 2.2 of P&P document): A-Contemporary --\_ B.1-specialized (smallcollection) B.2-Specialized (large collection) C-Major extinct _____ D-Attested extinct E-Minor e)dinctextinct F-Archaic Hieroglyphic or ldeographi G-Obscure or questionable usage symbols 4. ls a repertoire including character names provided? _-y_t_l-_-__ _ _ -_ a. lf YES, are the names in accordance with the "character naming guidelines" t in Annex L of P&P document? __y_t--t-___-_____-_ b. Are the character shapes attached in a legible form suitable for review? llgS-" - 5. -
Eelu United States Attorneys
Published by Executive Office for United States Attorneys Department of Justice Washirgton July 1954 EELU JULl2lBb4 TTOREY M4GELES ChUF United tates 1.05 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Vol No 14 UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS BULLETIN of RESTRICTED TO USEOF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS BULLETIN ____ VOL July l95Il No RESPONSE TO NEW FORM Response of the United States Attorneys to the request for their views on the new proposed standardized fcm for transfers under Rule 20 has been most gratifying Not only have the replies been prompt but from the recommendations and suggestions contained therein it is quite apparent that the format and content of the form were very carefully studied review of these suggestions is now being made and it is contemplated that the form will be readr or general diatri bution in the near future JOB WELL DONE James Beary Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Washington has written United States Attorney Leo Rover of the District of Columbia expressing his appreciation for the excellent advice received from Assistant United States Attorney Riley Casey during the preparation of the Landis case set out in the Criminal Division section of this Bulletin and throughout the entire jicial procedure as well as for the assistance and cooperation Mr Casey gave the Secret Service during their investigation Mr Beary stated that great share of the credit should go to Mr Casey for the expeditious handling of the case before the Courts and for the fact that an expensive trial was unnecessary. -
Multiple Currency and Index Clauses
March, r936 University of Pennsylvania Law Review And American Law Register FOUNDED 1852 Copyright 1936, by the University of Pennsylvania VOLUME 84 MARCH, 1936 No. 5 MULTIPLE CURRENCY AND INDEX CLAUSES ARTUR NUSSBAUMf THE PROBLEM After the Joint Resolution of June 5, 1933, abrogating the gold clause,' had definitely been held constitutional, 2 questions concerned with its con- struction came into the foreground. Among them the problem of the so- called multiple currency clauses is of particular importance. Such provisions, which are to be found in many American bonds and coupons, give the creditor an option to receive payment at a fixed ratio, in one of several currencies. The following coupon, detached from a 1912 bond, may be quoted as an example: "Bethlehem Steel Company will pay to bearer at its office or agency in the City of New York, U. S. A., Twenty-five Dollars United States Gold Coin, or in London, England, Five Pounds, Two Shillings, Ten Pence, or in Amsterdam, Holland, Sixty-two Guilders, Twenty- five Cents, being six months' interest then due on its First Lien and Refunding Mortgage Five Per Cent. Thirty-Year Gold Bonds, Series A, No.-." The question has arisen whether under the Joint Resolution an Ameri- can holder of such a coupon, upon tendering it in Amsterdam, is entitled to the guilder amount specified therein. A claim for the dollar equivalent of the guilder amount was dismissed in City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Co., Justice Merrell dissenting.3 No appeal was taken. The contrary has been held, in a declaratory judgment, by a California t Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; formerly Professor of Law, Uni- versity of Berlin; lecturer at the Academie du Droit International de la Hague, i933; author of numerous treatises, monographs, and articles in legal periodicals. -
Volume VI — Reports of International Arbitral Awards
REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARDS RECUEIL DES SENTENCES ARBITRALES VOLUME VI United Nations Publication Sales No. : 1955. V. 3 Price: $U.S. 4.00; 28/- stg. ; Sw. fr. 17.00 (or equivalent in other currencies) REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL AWARDS RECUEIL DES SENTENCES ARBITRALES VOLUME VI Decisions of Arbitral Tribunal GREAT BRITAIN-UNITED STATES and of Claims Commissions UNITED STATES, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY and UNITED STATES-PANAMA Décisions du Tribunal arbitral GRANDE-BRETAGNE - ETATS-UNIS et des Commissions de réclamations ETATS-UNIS, AUTRICHE ET HONGRIE et ETATS-UNIS - PANAMA UNITED NATIONS — NATIONS UNIES FOREWORD The systematic collection of decisions of international claims commis- sions contemplated in the foreword to volume IV of the present series of Reports of International Arbitral Awards and already embracing the decisions of the so-called Mexican Claims Commissions, as far as available (vol. IV: General and Special Claims Commissions Mexico-United States; vol. V: Claims Commissions Great Britain-Mexico, France- Mexico and Germany-Mexico), is continued with the present volume devoted to the decisions of the Arbitral Tribunal United States-Great Britain constituted under the Special Agreement of August 18, 1910, the Tripartite Claims Commission United States. Austria and Hungary constituted under the Agreement of November 26, 1924, and the General Claims Commission United States-Panama constituted under the Claims Convention of July 28, 1926, modified by the Convention of December 17, 1932. The mode of presentation followed in this volume is the same as that used in volumes IV-V. Each award is captioned under the name of the individual claimant, together with identification of the espousing and the respondent governments. -
Anti-Semitism in Europe Before the Holocaust
This page intentionally left blank P1: FpQ CY257/Brustein-FM 0 52177308 3 July 1, 2003 5:15 Roots of Hate On the eve of the Holocaust, antipathy toward Europe’s Jews reached epidemic proportions. Jews fleeing Nazi Germany’s increasingly anti- Semitic measures encountered closed doors everywhere they turned. Why had enmity toward European Jewry reached such extreme heights? How did the levels of anti-Semitism in the 1930s compare to those of earlier decades? Did anti-Semitism vary in content and intensity across societies? For example, were Germans more anti-Semitic than their European neighbors, and, if so, why? How does anti-Semitism differ from other forms of religious, racial, and ethnic prejudice? In pursuit of answers to these questions, William I. Brustein offers the first truly systematic comparative and empirical examination of anti-Semitism in Europe before the Holocaust. Brustein proposes that European anti-Semitism flowed from religious, racial, economic, and po- litical roots, which became enflamed by economic distress, rising Jewish immigration, and socialist success. To support his arguments, Brustein draws upon a careful and extensive examination of the annual volumes of the American Jewish Year Book and more than forty years of newspaper reportage from Europe’s major dailies. The findings of this informative book offer a fresh perspective on the roots of society’s longest hatred. William I. Brustein is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and His- tory and the director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. His previous books include The Logic of Evil (1996) and The Social Origins of Political Regionalism (1988).