Under the gold standard, the U.S. defined the dollar in terms of gold and other countries fixed their currencies to the dollar.

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Under the gold standard, countries defined their currencies in terms of a specific amount of gold. The U.S. dollar was directly convertible into gold, but other countries did not specifically fix their currencies to the dollar; they fixed it to gold directly or to the British pound in some cases.

Under the Gold Standard, the U