monometallism
noun
the use of one metal only, as gold or silver, as a monetary standard.
monometallist
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a word derived from
monometallism.
Example Sentences
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Return to Table of Contents All the world will dump its silver on us if we adopt free coinage, says the monometallist.
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
Indeed I do," said I; "he has promised to print my essay on the nebular hypothesis of Professor Lecouvrier as soon as his contract with the monometallist college professors expires.
From The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice by Eugene Field
Mr. Leonard H. Courtney, one of the monometallist members of that commission who signed the report, has since become an avowed bimetallist, as have many other prominent Englishmen.
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
The monometallist rejoins that this is “all theory.”
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
I do not indulge the hope that the figures herein presented will affect the opinion of any pronounced monometallist.
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
