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specie point

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noun

  1. another name for gold point

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Account for the fact that in 1861 the exchanges on England in America fell considerably below specie point.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart

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