silver standard
a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
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How to use silver standard in a sentence
Is it advisable longer to attempt to maintain both a gold and silver standard of coinage?
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 | Barkham BurroughsThat is, beginning with the gold standard, and ignoring the silver standard, Mr. Lepper reaches bimetallism!
The Arena | VariousThree systems are therefore in use,—the gold standard, the silver standard, and the inconvertible paper.
Honest Money | Arthur Isaac FondaIt would probably not make so very much difference whether bi-metallism or the single silver standard was the final result.
Honest Money | Arthur Isaac FondaWhat then shall we say of the man that follows China, that follows India in the silver standard?
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for silver standard
a monetary system in which the legal unit of currency is defined with reference to silver of a specified fineness and weight and sometimes (esp formerly) freely redeemable for it
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