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2. Gold standard - Wikipedia

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   The United Kingdom slipped into a gold specie standard in 1717 by over-valuing gold at 15 + 1 ⁄ 5 times its weight in silver. It was unique among nations to use gold in conjunction with clipped, underweight silver shillings, addressed only before the end of the 18th century by the acceptance of gold proxies like token silver coins and banknotes.

3. What is the gold standard?

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   The gold standard is a monetary system in which gold is used to guarantee the value of a country’s currency. It was a typical measure in the 20th century to ensure that a country’s money was ...

4. Bimetallism - Wikipedia

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   The LMU effectively adopted bimetallism by allowing unlimited free coinage of gold and silver at the 15.5 to 1 rate used in France, but also began to back away from bimetallism by allowing limited issues of low denomination silver coins struck to a lower standard for government accounts. [21]

5. Category:Gold standard - Wikipedia

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6. Gold Standard (carbon offset standard) - Wikipedia

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   The Voluntary Gold Standard (GS-VER), a standard for use within the voluntary carbon market, was launched in May 2006. [2] The programs were created following a 12-month consultation period that included workshops and web-based consultation conducted by an independent standard advisory board composed of non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ...

7. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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   Subjects usually taken up include Communication Arts in Mother Tongue (until Grade 3), English (some private schools break this down into Language and Reading) and Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies (taught in Mother Tongue from Grade 1-Grade 3, Filipino in Grades 4-6), Music, Art, Physical Education and Health (collectively known ...