gold basis
Americannoun
noun
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Britain's gold standard tinkerers soon recalled that King Croesus of ancient Lydia was reputedly the first monarch to put the coin of his realm on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
But for the Dawes Committee the post-War mark could never have been stabilized on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dawes Plan proposes to put Germany back on a gold basis, and consequently make the German mark a gold par currency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India, signed a decree in Simla taking the rupee off a gold basis with the pound.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fiscal system has been put on a gold basis, thus removing the old fluctuating silver currency which was a great hardship to trade.
From The Critic in the Orient by George Hamlin Fitch
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