bank-notes based on gold
1Bank of England — Bank of England …
2Bank of the United States — Bank chartered in 1791 by the U.S. Congress. It was conceived by Alexander Hamilton to pay off the country s debts from the American Revolution and to provide a stable currency. Its establishment, opposed by Thomas Jefferson, was marked by… …
3Gold standard — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). Under a gold standard, paper notes are convertible into pre set, fixed quantities of gold. The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass… …
4bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… …
5Gold reserve — Part of a series on Government Public finance …
6Gold as an investment — Reserves of SDR, forex and gold in 2006 …
7Bank of the West — BancWest redirects here. For the Australian bank, see BankWest. Bank of the West Type Subsidiary Industry Banking Founded 1874 …
8Gold exchange-traded product — Gold exchange traded products are exchange traded funds (ETFs), closed end funds (CEFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that aim to track the price of gold. Gold exchange traded products are traded on the major stock exchanges including Zurich,… …
9Bank of Japan — 日本銀行 (Japanese) …
10Notes, Definitions, And Abbreviations — There have been some significant changes in this edition. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands became the independent nation of Palau. The gross domestic product (GDP) of all countries is now presented on a purchasing power parity (PPP)… …
