Posts Tagged ‘Bimetallism’

SILVER STANDARD SOLUTION: William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech

I would be presumptuous, indeed, to present myself against the distinguished gentlemen to whom you have listened if this were but a measuring of ability; but this is not a [...]

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Coin’s Financial School

Coin’s Financial School was a popular pamphlet written in 1893 that helped popularize the free silver and populist movements. The author of the text “Coin”, William Hope Harvey, would later [...]

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Coinage Act – February 12, 1873

Coinage Act– February 12, 1873 An Act revising and amending the Laws relative to the Mints, Assay- offices, and Coinage of the United States. SEC. 14. That the gold coins [...]

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