Bimetallism

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Bimetallism is an economic and monetary system in which a country’s currency value is based on fixed legal ratios of both gold and silver.

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Generate an image of Bimetallism (Bimetallism is an economic and monetary system in which a country’s currency value is based on fixed legal ratios of both gold and silver.)

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Bimetallism canonical 1
United States silver policy 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic policy ⓘ
exchange-rate regime ⓘ
monetary system ⓘ
aimsTo provide monetary stability ⓘ
stabilize currency value ⓘ
associatedWith Free Silver movement ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
basedOn fixed legal ratio between gold and silver ⓘ
canLeadTo export of undervalued metal ⓘ
hoarding of undervalued metal ⓘ
overvaluation of one metal ⓘ
undervaluation of one metal ⓘ
contrastsWith gold standard ⓘ
monometallism ⓘ
silver standard ⓘ
declinedDueTo rise of gold standard ⓘ
volatility in silver prices ⓘ
hasAdvantage potentially larger money supply ⓘ
potentially lower interest rates ⓘ
hasComponent mint price of gold ⓘ
mint price of silver ⓘ
hasDisadvantage complexity of maintaining parity ⓘ
instability when market ratio diverges from legal ratio ⓘ
hasProperty bimetallic parity ⓘ
fixed exchange rate between gold and silver ⓘ
legal tender status for both gold and silver ⓘ
risk of one metal driving out the other ⓘ
susceptibility to Gresham's law ⓘ
influencedBy relative market prices of gold and silver ⓘ
involves free coinage of gold ⓘ
free coinage of silver ⓘ
regulates minting of gold coins ⓘ
minting of silver coins ⓘ
relatesTo international monetary cooperation ⓘ
price-specie flow mechanism ⓘ
requires government-defined gold–silver ratio ⓘ
legal enforcement of metal parity ⓘ
studiedIn economic history ⓘ
monetary economics ⓘ
uses gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
usesAsStandard two metals ⓘ
wasDebatedIn United States monetary politics ⓘ
late 19th century populist movement ⓘ
wasUsedIn 19th century ⓘ
France ⓘ
Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Leonard Darwin → notableWork → Bimetallism ⓘ
Pittman Act of 1918 → relatedTo → United States silver policy ⓘ
linked to: Bimetallism