standard coin

American  

noun

1. a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.

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Example Sentences

The several new governments set up by the Treaty of Versailles naturally had to have some standard coin, and have thus 'been the source of several new ones.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poland beginning Jan. 1, 1924, introduced its new gold standard coin, the "zloty," equivalent to the gold French franc.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lithuania, however, in establishing its new standard coin, the "lit," fixed its value as equal to 10� in U. S. money.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the maintenance of reserves the chief reliance of commercial banks is the circulation of standard coin within a nation and the importation of such coin.

From Banking by Scott, William A.

The later silver gulden, worth about forty cents was current in Europe until modern times, and a gulden, worth 48 1/2 cents, was, until recently, a standard coin in Austro-Hungary.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin