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There will be new monetary standards by the dozens before the economy gets back onto some stable basis.

The substitution of the pound for the dollar as the basis of the nation's monetary standard.

Grant put the country back on a sound monetary standard after a bout of wartime inflation.

For twenty years, Americans had been bitterly divided over the nation's monetary standard.

"I would much prefer not to define educational programs by monetary standards," he said.

Throughout the 19th Century, monetary standards became an important issue.

Coins indicate restaurants that serve a menu for a certain price or less, depending on the local monetary standard.

The officials had to convert these into the current monetary standard.

These terms have continued even after the international monetary standard is no longer based on specie.

Tobacco began to be used a monetary standard, which is why the term "cash crop" was originated.