1873 - 1900
The Coinage Act of 1873 was enacted to enable the United States to gradually move from a bimetallic system, where both gold and silver coins were in circulation, to the gold standard. However, given the deflationary effects of this reform, new laws partially canceled it. The debate between supporters of bimetallism and supporters of the gold standard therefore remained open for a long time. It was only in 1900 that the Gold Standard Act enabled the United States to adopt the gold standard.
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