standard coin

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

How the standard coin of different nations came to be of different metals, 16.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

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 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron