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
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
O thou standard coin from the mint of love! the treachery of misfortune has brought a strange accident upon me, and the bow of destiny has let fly an unpropitious arrow upon my feeble target.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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
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