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== Dates of adoption of a gold standard ==
*1717: [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] 'de facto' following Isaac Newton's revision of the mint ratio, at 21 shillings to a guinea of 129.438 grains (8.38 g), 22 [[karat]] crown gold.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Charles P. |last=Kindleberger |authorlink=Charles P. Kindleberger |title=A financial history of western Europe |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=1993 |pages=[http://books.google.com/books?id=PFgIE7_eYwwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA60,M1 60–63] |isbn=0-19-507738-5 |oclc=26258644}}</ref><ref>Newton, Isaac, [http://www.pierre-marteau.com/editions/1701-25-mint-reports/report-1717-09-25.html ''Treasury Papers'', vol. ccviii. 43, Mint Office, 21 Sept. 1717].</ref><ref>"The Gold Standard in Theory and History", BJ Eichengreen & M Flandreau [http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=R66Ctakwm8QC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Britain+bimetallic+1717&source=bl&ots=Mrkd1GsoDq&sig=_6D04NS35BBcGGxDu-ulhhdsbNk&hl=en&ei=exgfS-CyJtGGkAW2g7HkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Britain%20bimetallic%201717&f=false]</ref>
*1760: The [[Bremen thaler]] gold worth {{frac|5}}th a gold [[pistole]] of 6.0 g fine gold; the only state within the [[German Confederacy]] to introduce the gold standard before the introduction of the 1873 mark.
*1821: [[United Kingdom]] ''de jure'' at 20 shillings (£1) to a sovereign of 123.27447 grains (7.98805 g), 22 karat gold.
*1854: [[Portugal]] at 1000 réis to 1.62585 g gold.
*1858: [[Canadian dollar]], at par with the U.S. gold dollar (1.50463 g gold), and with the British [[gold sovereign]] worth $4.86{{frac|2|3}}.
*1865: [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], the only country in the [[British Empire]] to introduce its own gold coin apart from the British gold sovereign.
*1873: [[German Empire]] at 2,790 [[German Goldmark|Marks (ℳ)]] to 1&nbsp;kg gold.
*1873: [[United States dollar]] ''de facto'' from bimetallic to gold only, at 1.50463 g gold or 20.67 dollars to 1 [[troy weight|troy oz]] (31.1 g) gold. See [[Coinage Act of 1873]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Pocket money book: a monetary chronology of the United States |accessdate=2008-11-13 |year=2006 |publisher=[[American Institute for Economic Research]] |location=[[Great Barrington, Massachusetts]] |isbn=0-913610-46-1 |oclc=75968548 |pages=4–6 |author=}}</ref>
*1873: [[Latin Monetary Union]] (Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, France), from bimetallic to gold only, at 31 francs to 9.0 g gold
*1875: [[Scandinavian monetary union]] (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) at 2,480 kroner to 1&nbsp;kg gold.
*1875: [[Dutch guilder]] at 0.6048 g gold.
*1876: [[Spain]] at 31 [[Spanish peseta|pesetas]] to 9.0 g gold.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
*1878: [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] at 31 [[Finnish mark|marks]] to 9.0 g gold.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
*1881: [[Argentina]] at 1 [[Argentine peso moneda nacional|peso]] to 1.4516 g gold.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}
*1885: [[Egypt]].<ref name="eh.net">{{Cite web|author=Encyclopedia: |url=http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/officer.gold.standard |title=Gold Standard &#124; Economic History Services |publisher=Eh.net |date= |accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref>
*1892: [[Austrian Empire]] at 3,280 [[Austro-Hungarian krone]]n to 1&nbsp;kg gold.
*1897: [[Russia]] at 31 [[ruble]]s to 24.0 g gold.<ref name="eh.net"/>
*1897: Japan at 1 [[Japanese yen|yen]] devalued to 0.75 g gold.<ref name="eh.net"/>
*1898: [[British India|India]] at £1 to 15 [[Indian rupee]]s.
*1900: United States, ''[[de jure]]'' (see [[Gold Standard Act]]).
*1903: [[The Philippines]] at US$1 = 2 pesos.<ref name="eh.net"/>
*1905: [[Mexico]] at 1 peso to 0.75 g gold.
*1906: The [[Straits dollar]] at £1 to 8{{frac|4|7}} dollars.<ref name="eh.net"/>
*1908: [[Siam]] Gold Exchange/pound sterling.<ref name="eh.net"/>

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==English POV==

Based on [[French franc]], I gather that since 1800, France has been on the gold standard, using a bimetallic standard where silver was used for small change. Even timeline in the discussion fails to note that. Similarly, the [[Spanish real]] page indicates that Spain has been using a fixed gold equivalent for its currency since 1566, when the value of silver was also fixed. Can anyone improve the article, so that a reader could understand how did Newton's bimetallism innovated beyond the Spanish bimetallism, and why was the British pound more of a gold standard than the gold napoleons? As is, it seems the article was written with a British POV.

== Reignition of Gold Standard ==

Hello! I don't see any mention in this article about current advocate of the gold standard Keith Weiner and his company Monetary Metals which pays a yield on gold, paid in gold, in an attempt to give individuals and institutions a way to start their own personal gold standard. Should this be noted on this page as the most recent attempt by a private company to restart a gold based ecosystem? The first Gold Bond in 87 years would be noteworthy for this page I would think? [[User:Gold good|Gold good]] ([[User talk:Gold good|talk]]) 22:10, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2023 ==

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Minor edit (grammar), under section Great Depression, change "... Central European banking crisis led Germany and Austria suspend gold convertibility and impose exchange controls."
to
"... Central European banking crisis led Germany and Austria to suspend gold convertibility and impose exchange controls." [[User:Anodeunheard|Anodeunheard]] ([[User talk:Anodeunheard|talk]]) 18:09, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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