by the end of the 1870s all the world’s leading industrial nations used gold currencies. Silver—which, until 1873, had been on an equal footing with gold—became a secondary currency metal used mostly ...

The Crime of 1873 refers to the controversial omission of the standard silver dollar from U.S. coinage law, which facilitated the country's shift to the gold standard. The "Crime of 1873" was the ...

Reminiscent of a Colt display at Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial ... As extra-cost options, pearl or ivory stocks and gold and silver plating were available, as was engraving by some of the most ...

In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies that had been prevalent ... but only until France settled the war indemnity and regained sovereignty ...