gold basis
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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
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
Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett of Canada announced that no matter what Britain did, Canada would remain 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
Gold was at a premium of some ten or fifteen per cent., and the Clarks were unwilling to take the contract on any but a gold basis.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
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