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countable and uncountable, plural bimetallisms
(economics) The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values. quotations examples
As in China, bi-metallism exacerbated rural unrest in Nguyen Vietnam.
2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 34