standard coin

noun

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

Example Sentences

The beaver-skin was the standard coin of the Hudson Bay territory, its value in our money being fifty cents.

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The rupee is the standard coin of British India, and worth about fifty cents.

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They are only means through which real reserves of standard coin are distributed.

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It is as much a standard coin of the realm as the sovereign is of the British Empire.

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The standard coin is the Spanish dollar, but one will find every variety of European and American money in circulation among them.

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