West, coupled with the demonetisation of silver, brought down prices with a run.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference

He now ventures to suggest that the present demonetisation of gold may well he availed of for the purpose of taking one considerable step towards these great ends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference

The dollarisation of the economy and the resulting demonetisation of the Zimbabwean dollar impacted negatively on banking institutions as Zimbabwe dollar deposits were rendered useless.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

More than one million people rose up on August 8 that year to protest an entrenched military-backed regime headed by General Ne Win that had wiped out the savings of many with a sudden demonetisation of the currency.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Sudden demonetisation would, for a start, bring down the circulation of black money since you would have to explain to the authorities how you came into possession of the cash you wanted to exchange for new legal tender.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference

January 1980 states: The reasons that have led us to this conclusion are that the coin is obsolete in fact it has been so for a number of years and that demonetisation will enable us to recover the quite valuable stock of metal that is locked up in sixpenny bits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference