gold certificate
Americannoun
noun
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a currency note issued exclusively to the Federal Reserve Banks by the US Treasury. It forms a claim on gold reserves deposited by the Federal Reserve Banks at the Treasury and is used to transfer interbank balances within the Federal Reserve System
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Also called: gold note. (formerly) a banknote issued by the US Treasury to the public and redeemable in gold
Etymology
Origin of gold certificate
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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A detective tapped him for weapons, found a "hot" $20 gold certificate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pennycuick traced Cashel's route from Belt's to near Calgary with Belt's clothes, horse, saddle and the aforesaid $50.00 gold certificate.
From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)
Again the roll of bills came out and another $20 gold certificate was gathered in by Officer 666, who grinned as he took it.
From Officer 666 by Currie, Barton Wood
A torn bank-note means a change of position for the man in the box-office, while a gold certificate, strange to say, is a sign of bad luck.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
From the point of view of cover, the gold certificate is completely inelastic.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
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