standard coinage

noun [U] MONEY

Definition

› a money system in which the value of the coins produced is the same as the value of the metal with which they are made: The Roman Empire adopted silver as part of its standard coinage.

(Definition of standard coinage noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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