金本位 Gold standard
（重定向自Gold Specie Standard）
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金本位是一种金属货币制度，于19世纪中期开始盛行。在金本位制度下，每单位的货币价值等同于若干含重量的黄金（即货币含金量）；当不同国家使用金本位时，国家之间的汇率由它们各自货币的含金量之比值－金平价（Gold Parity）来决定。
金本位制总共有三种实现形式：金币本位制、金块本位制和金兑汇本位制，其中金币本位制最具有金本位制的代表性。
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Gold standard 金本位
（重定向自Gold Specie Standard）
![Two golden 20 kr coins from the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which was based on a gold standard. The coin to the left is Swedish and the right one is Danish.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Two_20kr_gold_coins4336.jpg")
![Under a gold bullion standard, paper notes are convertible at a preset, fixed rate with gold bullion.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Gold_Bars4336.jpg")
![William McKinley ran for president on the basis of the gold standard.](/Images/godic/202501/15/McKinley_Prosperity4336.jpg")
![Ending the gold standard and economic recovery during the Great Depression.[29]](/Images/godic/202501/15/Graph_charting_income_per_capita_throughout_the_Great_Depression.svg4336.png")
A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold. Three types can be distinguished: specie, bullion, and exchange.
Most nations abandoned the gold standard as the basis of their monetary systems at some point in the 20th century, although many hold substantial gold reserves.