Robert Peel1819
Peel leads legislation requiring the Bank of England to resume gold payments in stages, creating the statutory route back from wartime paper money to convertibility.
Great Britain · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Peel leads legislation requiring the Bank of England to resume gold payments in stages, creating the statutory route back from wartime paper money to convertibility.
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