bills of exchange
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An increasingly international network of financiers had created their own private money – of IOUs or bills of exchange – which allowed them to abandon sovereigns' money altogether.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2013
For example, bills of exchange established exchange rates between different coinage systems.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Baker, it turned out, had forged the signatures of Docker and Mann to the bills of exchange.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Mary took a key from a drawer in her toilette and, unlocking a cabinet in a corner of the room, showed Wogan a parcel of bills of exchange lying amongst a heap of guineas.
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
Because, 1st; they had drawn the bills of exchange without his previous consent; and, 2dly, because they had not given any tokens of a recompense.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various
