The gold and silver quotations in the North-China herald (Shanghai) -- Currency and banks in China -- Documents on Chinese currency -- Documents on Imperial Maritime Customs -- Other documents : customs revenue, trade, gold and silver, loans

This volume is a collection of papers on money, currency and economic history.0Money and currency have always been used for buying, paying, exchanging values, services or commodities. However there has always been a deep contradiction between the national character of coins and the international...

Under the world dollar standard, a discrete appreciation by a dollar creditor country of the United States, such as China or Japan, has no predictable effect on its trade surplus. Currency appreciation by the creditor country will slow its economic growth and eventually cause deflation but...