What is called bank money, is always of more value than the same nominal sum of common currency.

所谓银行货币， 总是比相同名义金额的普通货币更有价值。

But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present.

但在 1562 年， 也就是他以它结束的那一年， 它所包含的名义金额与目前相同。

This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value.

因此，当硬币因剪裁和磨损而严重贬值时，这个名义金额必然高于接近其标准价值时的金额。

The quantity of silver, however, contained in that nominal sum was, during the course of this period, continually diminishing in consequence of some alterations which were made in the coin.

然而，在这一时期，由于对硬币进行了一些改动，该名义金额中所含的银量不断减少。

All other debtors in the state were allowed the same privilege, and might pay with the same nominal sum of the new and debased coin whatever they had borrowed in the old.

该州的所有其他债务人都享有同样的特权， 并且可以用新币和贬值币的相同名义金额偿还他们在旧币中借入的任何金额。