Bullionism

Bullionism is an economic policy that says countries should only use gold and silver money as their currency. The idea is that if a country has a lot of gold and silver coins (known as “bullion”), it will be more stable and secure because it will have “real” money that won’t suddenly become worth less like paper money. Bullionism is the idea that a country should only use gold and silver coins, and not paper money, as their currency.