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Metallism — is a type of monetary system in which silver and/or gold and/or other metals are used as money. Usually, that word refers to a system where that kind of money is a legal tender. Contents 1 Contradistinctions 1.1 Metallism versus fiat monetary… … Wikipedia
Silver metallism — is the use of silver as either the sole type of widely accepted and circulated money (as in silver monometallism) or as one of several metals in that role (as in bimetallism).In China in the 19th century, silver monometallism prevailed.ee… … Wikipedia
bi-metallism — The legalized use of two metals in the currency of a country at a fixed relative value e.g. copper and silver … Black's law dictionary
bi-metallism — The legalized use of two metals in the currency of a country at a fixed relative value e.g. copper and silver … Black's law dictionary
monometallism — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mon + metallism (as in bimetallism) Date: 1879 the adoption of one metal only in a currency • monometallist noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
symmetallism — noun Etymology: syn + metallism (as in bimetallism) Date: circa 1895 a system of coinage in which the unit of currency consists of a particular weight of an alloy of two or more metals … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… … Wikipedia
Cross of Gold speech — Cynical political cartoon of the speech from the magazine Judge. The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 8, 1896.[1] … Wikipedia
Gresham's law — is an economic principle that states: When a government compulsorily overvalues one type of money and undervalues another, the undervalued money will leave the country or disappear from circulation into hoards, while the overvalued money will… … Wikipedia
Commodity money — A 1914 British Gold sovereign Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity out of which it is made. It is objects that have value in themselves as well as for use as money.[1] Examples of commod … Wikipedia
