Efforts to revive the Byzantine economy only resulted in inflation and a debased gold coinage. Gold coinage was suspended and the franc was debased. Others shoguns debased the coinage to pay debts, which caused inflation. The Ecuadorian silver coinage had been debased ever since 1833. Like the Roman, Bosporan coinage became increasingly debased during the 3rd century. When he debased the coinage, it led to an insurrection in Paris. English coinage was debased under both Henry VIII and Edward VI. The Royal Mint debased the silver coinage in 1920 from 92.5% silver to 50% silver. He stabilized the currency which had been debased during the reign of his predecessors. To maintain his enlarged military, he debased the Roman currency. Nevertheless, the following year he debased the denarius again because of rising military expenditures. He eventually resolved this by denouncing the Swedes as debased Aryans after all. In the past, true silver coins were debased with cupronickel. By this time, the solidus was worth 275,000 of the increasingly debased "denarii". Cromwell debased the currency more significantly, starting in Ireland in 1540.