Cyclopædia
Assuming seigneurage is required, the following result was found.
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ALLOYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ALLOY
that it may not waste with wearing; and to increase its Weight, so as to countervail the Charges of Coinage. See SEIGNEURAGE. Gold that has more of this, than it ought to have; is said to be of a coarser or greater Alloy, or below Standard. See...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Commerce