Advocates of the free and unlimited coinage of silver believed that doing so would cure the country's economic malaise by increasing the money supply.

This is called free coinage because the quantity is unlimited, even if a fee is charged.

He advocated for the free coinage of silver as long as it could be kept on parity with gold.

On the main issues of the day, Carlisle was in favor of coining silver, but not for free coinage, and favored lower tariffs.

In a largely undistinguished term as a senator, he continued to advocate the free coinage of silver and tried to advance the state's agricultural interests.

This increased the world gold supply and caused the inflation that free coinage of silver was supposed to bring.

Desperate for relief from creditors, they demanded an expansion of the money supply through the free coinage of silver.

When the Bland bill, allowing the free coinage of silver, came to the Senate, Allison altered it.

Meanwhile, the Northern Alliance stressed the demand for free coinage of large amounts of silver.

Gold, silver and copper coins were issued by the royal mints which functioned on the basis of free coinage.