standard coin

American  

noun

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

---

Example Sentences

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

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

The coins are capable of being used where large coins, of standard metal, would otherwise be used, or where checks, redeemable in standard coin, would be used.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Bimetallic action always substitutes the less for the greater, whether weight or value, the more depreciated for the less, or the depreciated for the perfect standard coin.

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