standard coin
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Poland beginning Jan. 1, 1924, introduced its new gold standard coin, the "zloty," equivalent to the gold French franc.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The silver coin, which was then the standard coin of the realm, was in a state at which the boldest and most enlightened statesmen stood aghast.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
The standard coin is the Spanish dollar, but one will find every variety of European and American money in circulation among them.
From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Francis B. Pearson
The standard coin in earlier times was the two-drachma piece.
From The Athenian Constitution by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
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