<P> In 1704 , following Queen Anne 's proclamation , the British West Indies became one of the first regions to adopt a gold standard in conjunction with the Spanish gold doubloon coin . In 1717 , the master of the Royal Mint , Sir Isaac Newton , introduced a new mint ratio as between silver and gold , and this had the effect of putting Britain onto a de facto gold standard . Following the Napoleonic Wars , the United Kingdom introduced the gold sovereign coin and formally adopted a gold standard in 1821 . At the same time , revolutions in Latin America interrupted the supply of silver dollars ( pieces of eight ) that were being produced at the mints in Potosi , Mexico , and Lima , Peru . The British gold standard initially extended to some of the British colonies , including the Australasian and Southern African colonies , but not to its North American colonies , British India , or to Southeast Asia . The Province of Canada adopted a gold standard in 1853 , as did Newfoundland in 1865 . In 1873 , Imperial Germany changed over to the gold standard in conjunction with the new gold mark coin . The United States changed over to gold de facto in the same year , and over the next 35 years , all other nations changed to gold , leaving only China and the British colonies of Hong Kong and Weihaiwei on the silver standard . The silver standard finally came to an end when it was abandoned by China and Hong Kong in 1935 . </P>
<P> In 1704 , following Queen Anne 's proclamation , the British West Indies became one of the first regions to adopt a gold standard in conjunction with the Spanish gold doubloon coin . In 1717 , the master of the Royal Mint , Sir Isaac Newton , introduced a new mint ratio as between silver and gold , and this had the effect of putting Britain onto a de facto gold standard . Following the Napoleonic Wars , the United Kingdom introduced the gold sovereign coin and formally adopted a gold standard in 1821 . At the same time , revolutions in Latin America interrupted the supply of silver dollars ( pieces of eight ) that were being produced at the mints in Potosi , Mexico , and Lima , Peru . The British gold standard initially extended to some of the British colonies , including the Australasian and Southern African colonies , but not to its North American colonies , British India , or to Southeast Asia . The Province of Canada adopted a gold standard in 1853 , as did Newfoundland in 1865 . In 1873 , Imperial Germany changed over to the gold standard in conjunction with the new gold mark coin . The United States changed over to gold de facto in the same year , and over the next 35 years , all other nations changed to gold , leaving only China and the British colonies of Hong Kong and Weihaiwei on the silver standard . The silver standard finally came to an end when it was abandoned by China and Hong Kong in 1935 . </P>
when did the us go off the silver standard
when did the us go off the silver standard
1873
1873