Gold coin value clause - Kinkakachi yakkan

Japanese: 金貨価値約款 - きんかかちやっかん
Gold coin value clause - Kinkakachi yakkan

...A clause in a monetary credit contract that promises the debtor to pay a specific gold value (usually the gold value at the time of the contract) in order to protect the value of the credit from fluctuations in monetary value. It is usually divided into two types: the first is a gold coin clause or gold credit clause, which promises to pay in gold coins or a certain amount of gold with a purity and weight determined by the currency law at the time of the contract, and the second is a gold coin value clause or gold value clause, which promises to pay in currency with the same value as the gold coins or a certain amount of gold. Gold clauses are devised to guarantee the economic risk of creditors who make long-term loans or securities investments when price levels and exchange rates are expected to change significantly, and are mainly used in international transactions. ...

*Some of the terminology used in the "Gold Coin Value Terms and Conditions" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…金銭債権契約の付款のひとつで,債権の本体の価値を貨幣価値の変動から守るため,特定の金価値(多くが契約時の金価値)をもって債務者が支払うことを約束する条項をいう。通常2種類に大別され,その1は,たとえば契約時の貨幣法が定める純分と量目の金貨もしくは金の一定量をもって支払うことを約束する金貨約款または金貨債権約款であり,第2は,その金貨ないし金の一定量と同一の価値をもつ貨幣をもって支払うことを約する金貨価値約款ないし金価値約款である。金約款は,物価水準や為替相場が大幅に変化することが見込まれる場合,長期にわたる貸付けや証券投資を行う債権者の経済的危険を担保するために考案されたもので,主として国際間の取引に用いられる。…

※「金貨価値約款」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Gold and silver

>>:  Galaxy Catalog - Ginga Katalog

Recommend

Mawangdui Han Tombs

Excavations from 1972 to early 1974 uncovered thr...

Salt wind damage - Enpu gargle

Damage caused by salty air currents flowing in fro...

Youtai - Youtai

〘Noun〙 A type of Chinese poetry. In tandem poetry,...

Memories - Omoide no Ki

A full-length novel by Tokutomi Roka. It was seri...

Raine, Kathleen (Jessie)

Born: June 14, 1908, London [Died] July 6, 2003, L...

Shadow pattern - Shadow pattern

〘 noun 〙 A crest that is drawn or embroidered with...

Ikeda Mitsumasa Diary - Ikeda Mitsumasa Diary

This is a 21-volume handwritten diary by Ikeda Mit...

Les amours (English spelling)

...Especially in the latter half of the 16th cent...

Unemployment insurance - Shitsugyohoken

It is a type of social insurance that aims to gua...

Lacertidae

…A general term for lizards belonging to the Lace...

Shoulder-hand syndrome

In addition to dull shoulder pain, movement is res...

World Climate Programme

The WCP is one of the major action plans of the W...

Maple family (English spelling) maplefamily

...The flower's meaning is "love and fer...

Vincent Brian Wigglesworth

1899‐1994 British insect physiologist. Born into a...

Cartouche (English spelling)

A decorative design in arts and architecture in wh...