By the middle of the sixteenth century, financiers and traders commonly accepted bills of exchange in place of gold or silver for other goods.

到了16世纪中叶，金融家和商人普遍接受汇票来代替黄金或白银进行商品交换。

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Her wealth didn't come from gold or silver, but from soup, steak, apple pie, and good coffee.

她的财富不是来自金银，而是来自汤、牛排、苹果派和上好的咖啡。

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Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots (银锭), it symbolizes wealth (象征着财富).

由于饺子的形状类似于中国古代的金银锭，因而象征着财富。

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All of them produced large amounts of paper money -- many times the amount they could exchange for gold or silver.

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The Treasury Department would buy the silver with new paper money that could be exchanged for silver or gold.

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The government would pay for the silver with paper money -- treasury notes -- which could be exchanged for gold or silver money.

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In days of old, money-strapped monarchs reduced the gold or silver content of their coins.

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Perhaps a better argument can be made for other scarce metals: platinum, say, or silver.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

The dollar has no intrinsic value and is not backed by any reserves of gold or silver.

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