minor coin
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In round numbers, the weight of $1,000,000 in standard gold coin is 1-3/4 tons; standard silver coin, 26-3/4 tons; subsidiary silver coin, 25 tons; minor coin, 5-cent nickel, 100 tons.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph
The object of this resolution was to expedite the issue of minor coin and the retirement of fractional currency.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
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