ABSTRACT
2 In all that has gone before, gentlemen, I spoke to you of the value of monies, supposing money to be made of a single matter which is silver. I needed to simplify the subject to make you understand; for even simplified, it remains complicated as the value and quantity of metal in ingot form are combined in the instrument of exchange with the value and quantity of coined metal, and these two values with those of all other commodities.
