Stanley Baldwin13 May 1925
Baldwin's Government enacts the statutory return of sterling to gold bullion convertibility.
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Baldwin's Government enacts the statutory return of sterling to gold bullion convertibility.
The Gold Standard Act receives royal assent and restores convertibility of sterling into gold bullion.
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