| 词条 | Coinage Act 1816 |
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|short_title = Coinage Act 1816 |parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom |long_title = |year = 1816 |statute_book_chapter = 56 Geo. III c.68 |introduced_by = |territorial_extent = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |royal_assent = |commencement = |repeal_date = |amendments = |related_legislation = |repealing_legislation= |status = Repealed |original_text = |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = |revised_text = }} The Coinage Act 1816 (56 Geo. III c.68), also known as Liverpool's Act,[1] defined the value of the pound sterling relative to gold. One troy pound of standard (22-carat) gold was defined as equivalent to £46 14s 6d.,[2] i.e. {{nowrap|44½ guineas}}, the guinea having been fixed in December 1717 at {{nowrap|£1 1s}} exactly. According to its preamble, the purposes of the Act were to:
See also
References1. ^{{cite book |last=Sargent |first=Thomas J. |title=The Big Problem of Small Change |year=2002 |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=303 }} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Lisle |first=George |title=Accounting in Theory and Practice |publisher=William Green & Sons|year=1906 |page=277 |chapter=British Currency: Gold |url=https://archive.org/stream/accountinginthe06lislgoog#page/n295/mode/2up }} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Scott |first=William Amasa |title=Money and Banking |chapter=XV.2: Currency Reform in England and the Act of 1816 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |year=1903 |url=http://chestofbooks.com/finance/banking/Money-And-Banking/2-Currency-Reform-In-England-And-The-Act-Of-1816.html }} External links
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