The Story of the Bank of England

This edition has images. LoC No.: 03014958 Title: The Story of the Bank of England(A History of English Banking, and a Sketch of the Money Market) Contents: The period of monopoly, 1708-1826 -- Before and after the Act of 1844 -- The Bank's weekly return -- The Issue and Banking departments -- The store in the Issue department -- Weekly differences in the return -- The Bank as agent of the Mint -- The principal currency drains -- Banks and the creation of credit -- The battle of the banks...