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Gold Standard Adoption

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

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1875Date range
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Chronological records

1875

Simon Vissering1875

Amsterdam · Government / Government of Netherlands

The Netherlands adopts a gold monetary standard, replacing the previous silver basis and defining the guilder by a fixed gold content.

Names involved

Simon Vissering

Provenance

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