1) Double standard
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1) Monetary standard 2) Standard
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In economics, bimetallism is a monetary standard in which the value of the monetary unit is defined as equivalent both to a certain quantity of gold and to a certain quantity of silver; such a system establishes a fixed rate of exchange between the two metals. The defining characteristics of bimetallism are The combination of these conditions dist...
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currency exchange on both the gold and silver standards
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• (n.) The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism.
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monetary standard or system based upon the use of two metals, traditionally gold and silver, rather than one (monometallism). The typical ... [3 related articles]
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A commodity money regime in which there is concurrent circulation of coins made from each of two metals and a fixed exchange rate between them. Historically the metals have almost always been gold and silver. Bimetallism was tried many times with varying success but since about 1873 the practice has been generally abandoned. Source: Velde, Francois...
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Monetary system in which two metals, traditionally gold and silver, both circulate at a ratio fixed by the state, are coined by the
mint on equal terms, and are legal tender to any amount. The...
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Bi·met'al·lism noun [ French
bimétalisme .] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to
monometallism . » The words
bimétallisme and
monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [ 1869...
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Bimetallism is that system of coinage which recognizes coins of two metals (silver and gold) as legal tender to any amount; or in other words, the concurrent use of coins of two metals as a circulating medium, the ratio of value between the two being arbitrarily fixed by law. It was contended by advocates of the system that by fixing a legal ratio ...
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n] - a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio
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bimetallism The practice of using two metals; such as, gold and silver, as the basis of money in a country.
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noun a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio
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the use of two metals, ordinarily gold and silver, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard. · the doctrine or policies supporting such a standard.
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