Word: dustpan
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nations of Europe were prompt to take alarm at the menace to industry, and even to the social structure. Holland, Portugal and England demonetized gold and Russia prohibited the export of silver. One English financier is quoted as saying that soon gold would only be "fit for the dustpan...