Pictures of a Revolution : Analyzing the Transition from Global Bimetallism to the Gold Standard in the 1860s and 1870s /
In the early 1870s, the global monetary system transitioned from bimetallism-a regime in which gold and silver currencies were tied at quasi-fixed exhange ratios-to the gold standard that was characterized by the use of (only) gold as the main currency metal by the largest and most advanced economie...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2022.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2022/119 |
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| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |