What is the legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism called?
monometallism — The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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