only 10,000 Guillaumes, 10,000 half-Guillaumes, and 2636 double-Guillaumes were coined, and since 1853 not a single one has been coined.
All through the Californian and Australian gold finds and until 1872, the price of silver remained stationary for large transactions. Only in small transactions did it exhibit from time to time some slight fluctuations.
| From 1847-72 everybody was invariably able to sell his silver to the Netherlands Bank at | 104 fl. 65 cents. |
|---|---|
| Bank retained for recoinage, etc | 1 fl. 17 cents. |
| 105 fl. 82 cents. |
Page 272 which, equal to value of 1 kilogramme of silver, .945, was as by the Netherlands standard.
At Amsterdam also the price of silver did not change.
With the change in 1871 this repose was disturbed. A commission was thereupon appointed, in October 1872, to consider the situation, which reported in the following December. It proposed to prohibit the free minting of silver, and this was enacted by the law of 21st May 1873. As