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<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-1-chapter-11 -->
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# Annual Consumption of Metals
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## Definition
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The total amount of gold and silver used up each year through wear, damage, industrial processes, and other forms of consumption that remove these metals from circulation or usable form.
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## Source Chapter
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Book I, Chapter 11
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## Context
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Smith examines how the annual consumption of precious metals must be balanced by new production to maintain stable supplies, and how this consumption affects their long-term value.
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## Economic Domain
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Consumption
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