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
Oilman Sokolnikov, as Soviet Commissar for Finance, was famed as the financier who put Russian currency on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Colombia, harassed President Olaya Herrera decided that his country's burdens are too great to bear on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gist of Mr. Hoover's remarks: he favored going back on a gold basis, paying 59� in gold to any holder of a devalued dollar.
From Time Magazine Archive
By paying down $4.76½ in New York you can get £1 in London, which on a par gold basis is equivalent to $4.86 in London.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various
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