At that time, both gold and silver were used to support the value of the American dollar.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

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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It was possible that gold holdings might fall so low the government could not support the dollar.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

They believed the gold standard would keep the value of the dollar high.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

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

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Using only gold,he said, increased the value of the dollar.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Gold,whose prices have surged in the past year, is seen as a hedge against a slumping dollar.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06