In its most basic form, the gold standard involves the issuance of coinage in gold.

金本位制度的最基本形式包括发行含金的铸币。

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British coinage of silver or gold, having as a standard of fineness0.500 for silver and0.91666 for gold.

标准纯银币或银币的英国货币制度，标准纯度为银币0。500，金币0。91666。

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St George is a familiar figure on British coinage, first appearing on certain gold COINS issued during the reign of Henry VIII.

圣乔治是英国硬币上家喻户晓的人物，在亨利八世当政时期所铸的金币上首次面世。

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We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.

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Coinage fluctuated between all gold (less frequently) or all silver (more frequently) or all paper or all Spanish for the dollar.

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Because it is impossible to manufacture and traditionally difficult to extract and process from the ground, gold served as a stable peg for coinage and paper money issuance--but no nation operates on a "gold standard" today, as most abandoned it during the 20th century after major powers suspended it periodically during times of costly military adventures during the 19th century.

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