token money

British  

noun

1. coins of the regular issue having greater face value than the value of their metal content

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Example Sentences

“By the same token, money and respect were more than enough consolation for having a pack of insecure neurotics dislike me.”

From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2015

This convention places in the front rank gold money, and reduces the pieces of silver of 2 francs and less to the r�le of token money.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

All th' pathrites an', as th' pa-apers call thim, th' high-priests iv this here sacred rite, ar-re smokin' th' best seegars that th' token money iv our counthry can buy.

From Mr. Dooley Says by Dunne, Finley Peter

But, in that case, they would be, not primary, self-sustaining money, but merely representative, or token money.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

If different groups adopt different kinds of amulet ornaments as money, such intragroup money may be token money.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham