token money

British  

noun

1. coins of the regular issue having greater face value than the value of their metal content

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Example Sentences

“By the same token, money and respect were more than enough consolation for having a pack of insecure neurotics dislike me.”

From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2015

The permitted manufacture of token money came to an end with the year 1817, an Act coming into force Jan.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

The use of token money, in which a part of the value is imaginary, always implies the inclosure of a group and the exclusion of foreign trade.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

But, in that case, they would be, not primary, self-sustaining money, but merely representative, or token money.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

All th' pathrites an', as th' pa-apers call thim, th' high-priests iv this here sacred rite, ar-re smokin' th' best seegars that th' token money iv our counthry can buy.

From Mr. Dooley Says by Dunne, Finley Peter