gold basis
Americannoun
noun
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He also stated that Germany was practically upon 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
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
In countries whose currencies are not on a gold basis, and not at par with dollars, a premium is consequently placed upon gold production.
From Time Magazine Archive
England can stand upon a gold basis because she commands the gold promises to pay, but in war time she can threaten the stability of the monetary systems of many countries.
From The Audacious War by Clarence W. (Clarence Walker) Barron
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