"free silver" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} free silver (uncountable)
  1. (US, economics, historical) The free coinage of silver, often at a fixed ratio with gold, as at the ratio of 16 to 1, which ratio for some time represented nearly or exactly the ratio of the market values of gold and silver respectively. Tags: US, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics, History of the United States, Silver Derived forms: free silverite
    Sense id: en-free_silver-en-noun-yYLNY4Fd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

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