gold coinage
Minted precious money
Gold coinage refers to coins made from gold, historically used as currency and now primarily collected or held as investment.
The term covers both the practice of minting gold coins and the coins themselves: The country abandoned gold coinage in 1933.
Gold coinage once backed paper money but now exists mainly for bullion investors and numismatists.
- denariusRoman silver currency unit
- karatGold purity unit
- sovereignSupreme in power
- proof coinHigh-quality commemorative currency
- currencyMedium of exchange
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monetary form
gold coinagefiat currency
State-issued unbacked tender
fiat money · paper money · banknotes · paper currency · digital currency