What concerned him was the rumor that we would someday go off the gold standard and our dollars would no longer be silver certificates.

他感兴趣的是关于我们会撤消金本位制并且我们的美钞将不再与金属货币对值的传言。

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The big switch to the foundation of the American financial structure at the advent of this period was the U.S. decision in 1971 to go off the gold standard.

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