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noun

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

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How to use standard coin in a sentence

The beaver-skin was the standard coin of the Hudson Bay territory, its value in our money being fifty cents.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World|Adolphus W. Greely
The rupee is the standard coin of British India, and worth about fifty cents.
Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880|Various
They are only means through which real reserves of standard coin are distributed.
Banking|William A. Scott
It is as much a standard coin of the realm as the sovereign is of the British Empire.
Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea.|W. D. Pitcairn

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