David Lloyd GeorgeAugust 1914
Emergency wartime measures and controls end the normal pre-war operation of gold convertibility as Britain finances mobilisation and protects Bank of England reserves.
Great Britain · Economy / Bank of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Emergency wartime measures and controls end the normal pre-war operation of gold convertibility as Britain finances mobilisation and protects Bank of England reserves.
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