"Inconvertible" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "but Heine forgot to add, that one of the Devil's most dangerous tricks is to pretend to supply this sinful want by his cunning device of inconvertible paper money, which lures men to destruction and ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 • Various
... Inflation in France" is one of great interest to legislators, to economic students, and to all business and thinking men. It records the most gigantic attempt ever made in the history of the world by a government to create an inconvertible paper currency, and to maintain its circulation at various levels of value. It also records what is perhaps the greatest of all governmental efforts—with the possible exception of Diocletian's—to enact and enforce a legal limit of commodity prices. Every fetter that could hinder the will ...
— Fiat Money Inflation in France - How It Came, What It Brought, and How It Ended • Andrew Dickson White |
