Nearly half the Republican presidential field has hinted at endorsing a return to the gold-backed dollar, a monetary policy abandoned 40 years ago.

That wouldn’t mean trading in paper bills for gold coins, said Rich Danker, director of economic for American Principles Project, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative public policy organization pushing for the change.

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