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Dollar , dollar
dol·lar / ˈdälər/ • n. the basic monetary unit of the U.S., Canada, Australia, and certain countries in the Pacific, Caribbean, Southeast Asia… Dollar Sign , DOLLAR SIGN
DOLLAR SIGN. Popular belief often ascribes the origin of the dollar sign ($) to a mark on government mail-bags standing for U.S., or Uncl… Bimetallism , BIMETALLISM. In 1791, most of the world's leading nations were on a bimetallic standard in which both gold and silver served as the basis for coinage… Resumption Act Of 1875 , Passed by Congress in 1873, the Gold Resumption Act officially revoked the bimetallic standard that was adopted by the U.S. government in 1792. The l… German Silver , silver a precious metal, in general use ranking next to gold, and valued for use in jewellery and other ornaments as well as formerly in coins. Silve… Bland-allison Act , Bland-Allison Act
The Bland-Allison Act was a piece of legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in 1878, which required the U.S. Treasury to buy silve…
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