Under this system, the dollar is defined as a fixed weight of fine gold, and the monetary base consists of gold coins.
Two other pieces exemplify what Rosenthal calls "thread" rings: Minute diamonds are set into fine gold and platinum wires threaded around the finger.
Congress can in one year fix the dollar at 100 grains of fine gold and the next year fix it at 10 grains of fine old and the year after that at 1, 000 grains of fine gold.
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The artist already has an established international profile, as a winner of the fine art gold medal at the 2003 National Eisteddfod.
There is so much gold and so much detail to them -- the paintings are extraordinarily fine with deep reds and yellows and gold.
Hong Kong residents, for instance, buy nine times as much gold jewelry (by fine weight) as their mainland cousins.
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He was one of the first people to predict, correctly, that a system of freely floating exchange rates, unconnected to gold, would work just fine.
Sitting in his cosy private apartment decorated with gold brocade wall coverings, fine antique furniture and paintings, he explained to me how the Knights are changing.
Even so eminent a dealer as The Fine Art Society has its former "Old Gold Room" where decades of gilt frames awaited their doom.
Just one more tip from the gurus of the gold rush: Flirting and fawning are fine, but don't discuss bank accounts.
Another Briton to win gold back then, Jonathan Edwards, believes that would represent a fine return for his successors in the British vest.
He measures and analyzes motions like swim strokes or volleyball spikes in fine detail, looking for that one adjustment that can mean the difference between silver and gold.
In extremely fine condition, this watch is only the sixth example of the ref. 2499 third series in pink gold to ever come to the public market.
The renminbi might well make a fine regional reserve currency, but the global reserve currency system is likely to gravitate towards a combination of gold, dollar, yen, renminbi and perhaps even oil.
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