Author: [U. S. Banking / Monetary History]. Knox, John Jay [1828 - 1892] - Comptroller
Title: INSTRUCTIONS And SUGGESTIONS Of The COMPTROLLER Of The CURRENCY in Regard to the Organization, Extension, and Management of NATIONAL BANKS
Description: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. 1st edition thus, revising & updating an 1864 Comptroller of the Currency pamphlet on the subject. Original publisher's brown cloth covered flexible boards, with printed paper title label to front cover. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. [4 (blank)], 39, [5 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Average wear & soiling, Very Good. Knox, an American financier and government official, was Comptroller of the Currency from 1872 to 1884, and a strong advocate of uniform currency for the country's national banks. He is best remembered today as a primary author of the Coinage Act of 1873, which discontinued the use of the silver dollar. Herein he publishes a "condensed compilation of the requirements and restrictions of the national banking laws" lacking in the earlier edition.

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