A gold standard,they said, would keep the value of the dollar high.

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Under the gold standard your dollar bill represented so many ounces of gold and you were supposed to be able to always get that gold.

在金本位制度下,你的纸币表示着,很多盎司的金子,并且你可以一直兑换那些金子。

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A silver standard would lower the value of the dollar.

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