In setting its face against such proposals of debasement the Council was right, but such proposals had relation only to the King's finances, and not to the currency crux, and in delaying the proper Tariffing of the English against the continental coins the Council did wrong.
"The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896"
William Arthur Shaw
The exportation of the national specie was still forbidden, and more than once the State found itself obliged to return to the question of the Tariffing of its coinage.
"The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896"
William Arthur Shaw