Panic of 1866

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The Panic of 1866 was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London, and the corso forzoso abandonment of the silver standard in Italy.

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  • Charles P. Kindleberger. Historical Economics: Art or Science? University of California Press, 1990, p. 310. [1]
  • Robert Baxter. The panic of 1866 with its lessons on the currency act. New York: B. Franklin, 1969.