Bimetallism
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title:
Bimetallism
text:
Bimetallism, also known as the bimetallic standard, is a monetary standard in which the value of the monetary unit is defined as equivalent to certain quantities of two metals, typically gold and silver, creating a fixed rate of exchange between them. For scholarly purposes, "proper" bimetallism is sometimes distinguished as permitting that both gold and silver money are legal tender in unlimited amounts and that gold and silver may be taken to be coined by the government mints in unlimited quan
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Monetary standard in which the value of currency is based on quantities of two metals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimetallism
date created:
2003-09-02T17:51:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T02:03:48Z
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