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1. Limping bimetallism was a monetary system in the United States that was partially dependent on silver but primarily dependent on gold.

Silver

1. Some of the silver produced today is used, as in the past, in making coins (see coin; money; bimetallism). (Web site)

Gold

1. From 1792 to 1873, the U.S. dollar was freely backed by both gold and silver at a ratio of 15:1 under a system known as bimetallism.
2. The glitter of gold: France, bimetallism, and the emergence of the international gold standard, 1848-1873.

Silver Mines

1. Bimetallism and "free silver" were favored by Democrats, populists, and Western states with silver mines. (Web site)

Dollar Coin

1. The retained weight in the dollar coin was a nod to bimetallism, although it had the effect of further driving the silver dollar coin from commerce.

International Monetary System

1. For a discussion of the monetary function of gold, see bimetallism; coin; international monetary system; money. (Web site)

Silver Standard

1. Iran had remained on the silver standard after most countries had left bimetallism for a gold standard in the late 1860s.
2. A combination of the gold and silver standard is known as bimetallism.

Bimetallism

1. Limping bimetallism was a monetary system in the United States that was partially dependent on silver but primarily dependent on gold.
2. In the United States, toward the end of the nineteenth century, bimetallism became a center of political conflict. (Web site)
3. Also, a bimetallic standard (see Bimetallism) has been used in some countries, under which either gold or silver coins were the standard currency. (Web site)

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1. Minerals > Metals > Silver > Silver Standard
2. Natural Resources > Minerals > Gold > Gold Standard
3. Political Conflict
4. Society > Economics > Money > Monetary System
5. Silver Coins
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