Latin Monetary Union

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The Latin Monetary Union was a 19th- and early 20th-century agreement among several European countries to standardize their currencies based on a bimetallic gold and silver standard, enabling easier trade and monetary interoperability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bimetallic standard system ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
monetary union ⓘ
affectedBy First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
basedOn bimetallic standard ⓘ
coinStandard 20-franc gold coin ⓘ
5-franc silver coin ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
currencySystem franc-based system ⓘ
dissolved 1927 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1866 ⓘ
established 1865 ⓘ
establishedBy Treaty of 23 December 1865 ⓘ
followedBy interwar gold exchange standard experiments ⓘ
foundingMember Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
goal facilitation of trade ⓘ
monetary interoperability ⓘ
standardization of coinage ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
influenced European monetary cooperation ⓘ
inspiredBy French franc ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
laterMember Argentina ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Monaco ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
metalStandard gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
officialNameInFrench Union monétaire latine ⓘ
precededBy French-led bilateral coinage conventions ⓘ
problem monetary instability ⓘ
over-issuance of silver coins ⓘ
silver depreciation ⓘ
ratio 15.5:1 silver-to-gold ratio ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
response suspension of free silver coinage in the 1870s ⓘ
standardGoldContent 0.290322 gram of fine gold per franc ⓘ
standardSilverContent 4.5 grams of fine silver per 5-franc coin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian lira → linkedTo → Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → standardizedBy → Latin Monetary Union treaty ⓘ
linked to: Latin Monetary Union
Latin Monetary Union → officialNameInFrench → Union monétaire latine ⓘ
linked to: Latin Monetary Union
Bimetallism → wasUsedIn → Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) → relatedTo → Latin Monetary Union treaty of 1865 ⓘ
linked to: Latin Monetary Union
Treaty of 23 December 1865 → established → Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
Treaty of 23 December 1865 → relatedTo → Latin Monetary Union ⓘ