Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London Life
CHAPTER XXXVII.
BANK OF ENGLAND AND THE MINT.
Its History--The Riots--Ledgers and Money-Bags--A Powerful Corporation--Bankers' Eating-House--Great Panic of 1825--In the Vaults--Making Sovereigns--Marking Room--How the Coin is Tested--Celebrated Counterfeiters, 526