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Gold Convertibility

Germany · Government / German Empire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1914

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg4 August 1914

Berlin · Government / German Empire

Germany suspends the Reichsbank's obligation to redeem banknotes in gold.

Names involved

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

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