Bullion Committee of 1810
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The Bullion Committee of 1810 was a British parliamentary committee established to investigate the causes of the high price of gold and the depreciation of paper currency during the Napoleonic Wars, whose report became a landmark in the development of monetary theory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bullion Committee of 1810 canonical | 2 |
| Bullion Report of 1810 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11534161 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bullion Committee of 1810 Context triple: [The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes, relatedEvent, Bullion Committee of 1810]
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National Monetary Commission
The National Monetary Commission was a U.S. congressional body established in the early 20th century to study banking and currency systems and recommend reforms that ultimately influenced the creation of the Federal Reserve System.
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B.
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee is a U.S. Treasury advisory body that provides expert recommendations on the themes and designs of American coins and medals.
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National Monetary Council
The National Monetary Council is Brazil’s highest economic policy-making body, responsible for formulating the country’s monetary and credit policies and overseeing the financial system.
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Monetary Board
The Monetary Board is the highest policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, responsible for setting the country’s monetary and banking policies.
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Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bullion Committee of 1810 Target entity description: The Bullion Committee of 1810 was a British parliamentary committee established to investigate the causes of the high price of gold and the depreciation of paper currency during the Napoleonic Wars, whose report became a landmark in the development of monetary theory.
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A.
National Monetary Commission
The National Monetary Commission was a U.S. congressional body established in the early 20th century to study banking and currency systems and recommend reforms that ultimately influenced the creation of the Federal Reserve System.
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B.
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee is a U.S. Treasury advisory body that provides expert recommendations on the themes and designs of American coins and medals.
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C.
National Monetary Council
The National Monetary Council is Brazil’s highest economic policy-making body, responsible for formulating the country’s monetary and credit policies and overseeing the financial system.
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D.
Monetary Board
The Monetary Board is the highest policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, responsible for setting the country’s monetary and banking policies.
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E.
Pike Committee
The Pike Committee was a 1975 U.S. House of Representatives committee chaired by Otis Pike that investigated abuses and oversight failures within American intelligence agencies during the same period as the Senate’s Church Committee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British parliamentary committee
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parliamentary committee ⓘ |
| appliesTheory | bullionist doctrine ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| chairperson | Francis Horner ⓘ |
| concludedThat |
depreciation of paper money was due to over-issue of banknotes
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market price of gold above the mint price indicated currency depreciation ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | landmark in the development of monetary theory ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
financial history
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macroeconomics ⓘ monetary theory ⓘ |
| genre | parliamentary report ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
influence on British monetary policy discussions
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influence on later debates on the gold standard ⓘ influence on the development of the quantity theory of money ⓘ |
| hasMember |
David Ricardo
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George Tierney ⓘ Henry Thornton ⓘ Nicholas Vansittart ⓘ Robert Peel ⓘ William Huskisson ⓘ |
| hasPart | Bullion Report ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
examination of the Bank of England note issue
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investigation of the depreciation of paper currency ⓘ investigation of the high price of gold ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| inception | 1810 ⓘ |
| investigated | Bank of England ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
convertibility of banknotes into gold
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exchange rates ⓘ gold price ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ paper money ⓘ |
| notableWork | Report of the Bullion Committee ⓘ |
| positionHeld | committee of inquiry on the Bank of England ⓘ |
| product | Bullion Report ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1810 ⓘ |
| recommended |
gradual return to convertibility of Bank of England notes into gold
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resumption of cash payments ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Napoleonic Wars
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suspension of cash payments by the Bank of England ⓘ |
| topic |
exchange rate policy
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gold bullion ⓘ inflation ⓘ paper currency depreciation ⓘ |
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Subject: Bullion Committee of 1810 Description of subject: The Bullion Committee of 1810 was a British parliamentary committee established to investigate the causes of the high price of gold and the depreciation of paper currency during the Napoleonic Wars, whose report became a landmark in the development of monetary theory.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes
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relatedEvent
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Bullion Committee of 1810
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linked to: Bullion Committee of 1810