Crime of 1873
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The "Crime of 1873" is a pejorative term used by critics to describe the U.S. law that ended the minting of silver dollars and effectively placed the country on a de facto gold standard, which they blamed for deflation and economic hardship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Crime of 1873 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5876602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crime of 1873 Context triple: [Coinage Act of 1873, alsoKnownAs, Crime of 1873]
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A.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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B.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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C.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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E.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crime of 1873 Target entity description: The "Crime of 1873" is a pejorative term used by critics to describe the U.S. law that ended the minting of silver dollars and effectively placed the country on a de facto gold standard, which they blamed for deflation and economic hardship.
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A.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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B.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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C.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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E.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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monetary policy controversy ⓘ pejorative term ⓘ |
| appliedTo | U.S. monetary system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Free Silver movement
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Long Depression ⓘ
linked to:
Panic of 1873
Panic of 1873 ⓘ bimetallism debate in the United States ⓘ late 19th-century deflation ⓘ |
| controversyOver | role of silver in the U.S. monetary standard ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedBy |
Populists
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linked to:
Populist movement
bimetallists ⓘ farmers ⓘ silver interests ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
causing economic hardship for farmers and debtors
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causing or worsening deflation ⓘ |
| date | 1873 ⓘ |
| describedAs | end of the minting of standard silver dollars ⓘ |
| effect |
demonetization of silver
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ended free coinage of silver for standard silver dollars ⓘ placed the United States on a de facto gold standard ⓘ reduction of bimetallism in the United States ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Bland–Allison Act of 1878
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linked to:
Bland–Allison Act
Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 ⓘ
linked to:
the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
political campaigns for the remonetization of silver ⓘ |
| hasCause | Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
global move toward the gold standard in the 19th century
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post–Civil War U.S. monetary reconstruction ⓘ |
| influenced |
1896 United States presidential election monetary debate
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linked to:
United States presidential election, 1896
William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech ⓘ
linked to:
Cross of Gold speech
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| labelUsedBy | opponents of the Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | act signed by President Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| perceivedImpactOn |
agricultural prices
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real burden of debts ⓘ rural economies ⓘ |
| policyChange |
elimination of the standard silver dollar from the list of coins to be minted
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restriction of silver coinage to subsidiary coins ⓘ shift from bimetallism toward gold monometallism ⓘ |
| refersTo | Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Free Silver
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bimetallism ⓘ deflation ⓘ gold standard ⓘ monetary policy of the United States ⓘ |
| terminologyOrigin | coined by critics of the Coinage Act of 1873 ⓘ |
| viewedByOpponentsAs | deliberate favoring of creditors and financial interests over debtors ⓘ |
| viewedBySupportersAs | modernization and rationalization of the coinage system ⓘ |
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Subject: Crime of 1873 Description of subject: The "Crime of 1873" is a pejorative term used by critics to describe the U.S. law that ended the minting of silver dollars and effectively placed the country on a de facto gold standard, which they blamed for deflation and economic hardship.
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