Treaty of 23 December 1865

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The Treaty of 23 December 1865 was the international agreement through which several European states standardized their coinage systems, laying the foundation for the Latin Monetary Union.

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instanceOf founding treaty of the Latin Monetary Union
international treaty
monetary agreement
alsoKnownAs Treaty of 23 December 1865
surface form: Convention of 23 December 1865
basisFor uniform coinage circulation among member states
countrySignatory Belgium
France
Italy
Switzerland
dateSigned 1865-12-23
definedGoldSilverRatio 15.5:1
definedUnit franc-based currency system
enteredIntoForce 1866
established Latin Monetary Union
followedBy accession of additional states to the Latin Monetary Union
historicalPeriod 19th century
influenced European monetary integration
inForceFor Belgium
France
Italy
Switzerland
languageOfDocument French
legalForm multilateral treaty
legalStatus binding international convention
monetaryStandard bimetallic standard
precededBy national coinage systems with differing standards
purpose monetary unification based on bimetallism
standardization of coinage systems among member states
region Europe
relatedTo Latin Monetary Union
history of European monetary unions
resultedIn harmonized coin denominations
harmonized fineness of coins
mutual acceptance of member states’ coins
signatoryType sovereign states
signedIn Paris
subjectMatter coinage
currency
monetary policy coordination

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Latin Monetary Union establishedBy Treaty of 23 December 1865
Treaty of 23 December 1865 alsoKnownAs Treaty of 23 December 1865
this entity surface form: Convention of 23 December 1865