Nogues-Marco, María del PilarUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Historia Económica e Instituciones2011-05-052011-05-052011-04https://hdl.handle.net/10016/10996This article analyses the stability of bimetallism in the mid-18th century for the case of two large centres that had different legal ratios and only one international market ratio. A new theoretical framework is articulated for the situation of international independence to set legal bimetallic ratios by monetary authorities in different countries. Then, using new data handcollected from archival sources and relevant to the two main bullion markets in the 18th century, Amsterdam and London, this theoretical framework is utilised to identify the regimes that actually prevailed during that period, in which Amsterdam was effectively on the bimetallic standard while London was on the gold standard de facto.application/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaBimetallismBimetallic stabilityBullion marketsArbitrageSpecie-point mechanismMelting-minting pointsworking paperE42N13F15N23EconomíaHistoriaopen accessDT/0000000987wp11-03