In financial matters, what best describes a "silver standard"?

The silver standard is a monetary standard that relies of the fixed weight of silver as the economic unit of account. It became widespread from the fall of the Byzantine empire and was used by many regions including Great Britain, China, and India  before being eventually replaced with the gold standard until it was abandoned during the early 20th century.

Opposition to the nra came to a head in 1935, when the conservative supreme court declared the agency unconstitutional, claiming the nra gave the executive branch regulatory powers that belonged exclusively to congress. this decision began a series of court decisions that overturned key elements of the new deal.