gold and silver

金銀／ gold-and-silver　—　Measuring

A way of speaking of gold and silver together.

Croeseid — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Agnel d'or (the gold lamb) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ When "gold and silver" are spoken of as a single unit, in reality the two metals often move separately. A typical pattern is for one to flow out while the other remains.

Related terms

ratio bimetallism gold silver

Courses where this term appears

A06 The World of the Gold Standard A11 Rice, Coins, and Silver — Japan Part 1 B03 Fineness and Debasement B04 Nominal and Real B15 The Anatomy of Inflation B20 A Millennium of Ledgers C09 Japan's Debasement Debate E3 Reading Coin Finds E9 Research Practice

Where this word appears

Overview: 2,700 years of the world　Africa and the New World　The Gold That Was Melted Down
Overview: 2,700 years of the world　Japan　Ieyasu's Three-Coin System
United States　A colony without coin　The British colonies of North America
United States　The invention of paper money　The Massachusetts Bay Colony
United States　The mother country forbids it　A colonial port town
United States　The eve　The chamber of the Continental Congress
United States　"Not worth a continental"　The states after the fighting has passed
United States　The Coinage Act of 1792　The striking room of the mint

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