The Gold and Silver Standard came off the USD$ in 1971 when the French wanted to cash in some dollars for gold and the USA had printed more paper money than it had in gold reserves. Since that time theï»¿ petro-dollar has been keeping the circulation going in the world with consequences like the Iraq war as a natural consequence. My question is regarding the United Nations adopting a gold and silver bi- metallic standard of currency out of the global mess and the UN finally come of age.