Reintroducing national currencies today would take weeks, at a minimum, whereas Britain in 1931 could take sterling off gold while the markets were closed for the weekend. Back then, countries still had their national currencies; they could simply stop supporting them.
最后，抛弃金本位的破坏性不如欧元。今天，抛弃欧元重新引入本国货币至少需要几周时间，而1931年英国利用周末市场不开盘的时间就能让英镑脱离黄金。当是时，各国仍然用着各自的本国货币；它们所做的只是停止支持本币。银行存款和大部分其他公私债务都是用本国货币计价的。