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The smaller a sum of a note is, the scrupulous
a man is will be about taking it, and the less disposed he will be to look out
for interest as a consideration for taking it: the more
numerous too the hands individuals capably of giving value for it, the better the chance it will have for being with an easy circulation
The smaller these Exchequer Notes were made the better
therefore their chance for circulation, especially in the remote
parts of the country from whence, when once got thither
they would not be so apt to return to the metropoles for
payment. The lowest Bank notes were till lately for £10:
now within this year or two they have been issued for so little as£5
The Banks, I make no doubt, find their account must comply in the
innovation. Were the Exchequer Notes to be some of them
so low as for £2—10s and £1—5s they would by that smallness be incapable
of circulation in many a case and <add>in many a hand</add> sums and among hands to which
Bank notes were Bank notes can not at present find
their way.

Not long About 20 years ago the country was deluged with private
notes to bearer for very small sums. An Act of Parliament 15 Geo: .91 17.Geo.3.c.30: countermeasures 27 Geo: ch.16 perpetuating the
was made to prevent this to limit the amount below which
no such note should be issued — viz: 20s why? because of the common
facility with which such notes obtained currency
wherever were the , officers and thence the facility given
to men of no property to obtain credit, which and to
deter those who trusted them. A stronger presumption perquisite
of much then thus fail affords of the success
which Government notes would meet with were the
to be made can scarcely be conceived. Government refused
to trust individuals any longer with much the power in question:
and it did wisely. But it trusts the Bank of England in this
respect without reserve: and it were always indeed if it could not
to trust itself.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	002	Main Headings	annuity notes
Folio number	369	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e17
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	1108
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