bimetallismn.
/bʌɪˈmɛtəlɪz(ə)m/ The system of allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g. gold and silver) at a fixed ratio to each other, as coined money.
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decimal currency1824
bimetallism1876
monometallism1878
free silver1889
polymetallism1890
silverism1895
symmetallism1895
trimetallism1897
managed currency1898
single currency1900
compensated dollar1912
commodity dollar1918
soft currency1940
1876 H. Cernuschi Silver Vind. 9 The Anglo Indian Exchange, thanks to French bi-metallism, would still be at its old level.
1881 Times 7 May If bimetallism be adopted, the ratio of gold and silver apparently should be 1 to 15½.
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