silver standard

noun

a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.

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Origin:
1825–35, Americanism

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silver standard

—n
	a monetary system in which the legal unit of currency is defined with reference to silver of a specified fineness and weight and sometimes (esp formerly) freely redeemable for it

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"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labor interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."

-Administration in the State of Neva