Southeast Asian monies and the problem of a common measure, with particular reference to the nineteenth century

From the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, the Mexican silver dollar was accepted as a common currency of Southeast Asia, though local governments issued their own dollars based on it. The decline of the value of silver relative to gold after 1870 introduced a gradual shift to official currencies pegged to a gold standard in Europe

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• Monetization and financial development in Southeast Asia before the Second World War

  Open Access•W G Huff•The Economic History Review•2003

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