to redeem the currency in gold
51Deutsche Mark — DEM redirects here. For other uses, see DEM (disambiguation). This article is about the Deutsche Mark issued by the Federal Republic of Germany. For the Deutsche Mark issued by the German Democratic Republic, see East German Mark. Deutsche Mark… …
52Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
53bank — 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… …
54Resumption Act of 1875 — ▪ United States history in U.S. history, culmination of the struggle between “soft money” forces, who advocated continued use of Civil War greenbacks, and their “hard money” opponents, who wished to redeem the paper money and resume a… …
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56Convertibility — is the quality that allows money or other financial instruments to be converted into other liquid stores of value. Convertibility is an important factor in international trade, where instruments valued in different currencies must be… …
57Belgian franc — Infobox Currency currency name in local = Belgische frank (Dutch) franc belge fr icon Belgischer Franken de icon image 1 = 100 belgische franc.jpg image title 1 = 100 Belgian franc image 2 = Belgio 5 franchi.jpg image title 2 = 5 Belgian franc… …
58ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …
59Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …
60CONFLICT OF LAWS — (also called Private International Law) is a branch of the law dealing with the adjudication of a matter which involves some foreign element, for instance, the fact that one of the parties is a foreign citizen, or that the matter at issue arose,… …
