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Gold Reserve Act of 1934
Gold Reserve Act of 1934 Lawrence H. Officer The gold standard is a monetary standard that ties a unit of currency, or money, to a stated amount of gold. Under this system, both banks and the government stand ready to redeem their note and deposit liabilities in gold at the stipulated... Read more |
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Coinage Acts
Coinage Acts Lawrence H. Officer The Coinage Act of 1873 (P.L. 42-131, 17 Stat. 424) comprehensively revised and rewrote the existing laws regarding mint and coinage issues. The important sections of the act of 1873 concerned gold and silver coinage, the basis of the monetary standard... Read more |
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Piercing Pagoda Inc
Piercing Pagoda, Inc. 3910 Adler PlaceBethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017U.S.A.(610) 691-0437Fax: (610) 694-9077Web site: http://www.pagoda.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1973Employees: 3,837Sales: $222.1 million (1998)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: PGDANAIC: 44831 Jewelry Stores A... Read more |
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Au
Au symbol for the element gold .... Read more |
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Juneau
Juneau , city (1990 pop. 26,751), state capital, SE Alaska, in the Alaska Panhandle; settled by gold miners 1880, inc. 1900. A port on Gastineau Channel, Juneau is a trade center for the Panhandle area, with an ice-free harbor and an airport. The state and federal governments are the major... Read more |
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Banana Republic
BANANA REPUBLIC American clothing store chain and mail order company Founded:by Mel and Patricia Ziegler in Mill Valley, California, in 1978. Company History:First Banana Republic Travel Bookstore opened, San Francisco, 1978; Travel Bookstore Catalogue first published,... Read more |
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Ashanti
Ashanti or Asante , historic and modern administrative region, central Ghana, W Africa. The region is the source of much of Ghana's cocoa. It is inhabited by the Ashanti, a matrilineal Akan people who constitute one of Ghana's major ethnic groups. Before the 13th cent., Akan peoples migrated... Read more |
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Gold Kist Inc
Gold Kist Inc. 244 Perimeter Center Parkway, NortheastAtlanta, Georgia 30146U.S.A.(770) 393-5000Fax: (770) 393-5262 Web site: http://www.goldkist.com Cooperative Incorporated: 1936 as Georgia Cotton Producers AssociationEmployees: 16,000Sales: $1.65 billion (1998)SICs: 0251 Broiler, Fryer... Read more |
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Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes Bolivian statesman, lawyer, and military officer Ismael Montes (1861–1933) served two terms as President of Bolivia (1904–09 and 1913–17). A member of the country's Liberal Party, Montes ran an administration of political and social reform. He was instrumental... Read more |
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San Fernando (United States)
San Fernando city (1990 pop. 22,580), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Fernando valley; inc. 1911. Among its industries are clothing and electronics. The valley, first entered by Europeans in 1769, was early used for journeys to N California. Gold was found in 1842 before the big gold strike.... Read more |
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