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standard

本位　—　Institutions

The ground on which the value of money is settled.

Croeseid Croeseidc. BC 550 Early Merovingian silver denier Early Merovingian silver denierLater 7th century Agnel d'or (the gold lamb) Agnel d'or (the gold lamb)1311
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Gold for the gold standard, silver for the silver standard. The standard is an agreement on 'what it ultimately reverts to', and by fixing this point of reversion, it prevented the face value from acting independently.

References

  • History of Japanese Currency (main text). — Currency Museum, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan.　At its opening, the Bank of Japan was on the silver standard, with "convertible silver notes" exchangeable for silver specie. The Coinage Act of 1897 established the gold standard at "0.75g of gold = 1 yen." Recoinages occurred in Genroku 1695, Hōei 1706–11, Shōtoku 1714, Kyōhō 1715, Genbun 1736, Bunsei 1818 onward, Tenpō 1832 onward, and Man'en 1860.

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