monometallism

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ metal +‎ -ism.

Noun

monometallism (countable and uncountable, plural monometallisms)

  1. The use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value.

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