Download or read book The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards written by William Ridgeway and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following pages are an attempt to arrive at a knowledge of the origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards by the Comparative Method. As both these institutions played a not inconsiderable part in the development of civilization, it seemed worth while to approach the subject from a different point of view from that from which it had been previously studied. source