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silver standard
noun
- a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
silver standard
noun
- a monetary system in which the legal unit of currency is defined with reference to silver of a specified fineness and weight and sometimes (esp formerly) freely redeemable for it
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silver standard1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences
Is it advisable longer to attempt to maintain both a gold and silver standard of coinage?
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That is, beginning with the gold standard, and ignoring the silver standard, Mr. Lepper reaches bimetallism!
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Three systems are therefore in use,—the gold standard, the silver standard, and the inconvertible paper.
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It would probably not make so very much difference whether bi-metallism or the single silver standard was the final result.
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What then shall we say of the man that follows China, that follows India in the silver standard?
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