To gold-based currency monetary system. Countries use the law to shape, weight and fineness of gold as a standard currency, free casting; banks to issue bank notes must have the equivalent of gold as a guarantee, holders of convertible bank notes gold. 1929 world economic crisis, countries have abolished the gold standard, the implementation of paper money system.
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English Expression
: economic system in which the value of money is based on that of gold, gold standard