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Currency Act

Japan · Government / Government of Japan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1897Date range
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Chronological records

1897

Masayoshi Matsukata26 March 1897

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

The Currency Act authorises a gold standard funded partly by Chinese indemnity payments.

Names involved

Masayoshi Matsukata

Provenance

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