Word: silver
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Another blow to bimetallism was the action of Germany in 1873 when, as a result of the Franco-Prussian war, the united German states demonetized silver...
...resulting combination of England and Germany in the support of the gold standard, both of them selling silver and buying gold, compelled even France to restrict silver coinage and finally to cease entirely from coining that metal...
Francis A. Walker, LL. D., will deliver the sixth of his lectures on bimetalism at 7.45 tonight in the Fogg Art Museum. His subject will be "The International Conference of 1867.- The Demonetization of Silver in 1873." The lecture will be open to the public...
Lecture. Bimetallism since the Discovery of America. VI. The International Confernce of 1867.- The "Demonitization" of Silver in 1873. Francis A. Walker, LL. D. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...first main advantage to be gained by bimetallism is the establishment of an approximate par of exchange between the gold-using and the silver-using nations. The group of nations which stand midway between these two, bind them together by the so-called "bimetallic link," which is invaluable in steadying trade...