gold basis
Americannoun
noun
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But for the Dawes Committee the post-War mark could never have been stabilized on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anxiously Madrid foresaw that Portugal, by letting her escudo slide with sterling, will be able to offer drink, etc. to thirsty Britons cheaper than Spain, whose peseta is semi-stabilized on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The question at issue was whether to set up the now virtually stabilized paper franc on a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also stated that Germany was practically upon a gold basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The gold basis has already precipitated several panics.
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
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