silver coin
Shiny pocket change
A silver coin is a coin made primarily of silver, historically used as currency before most nations shifted to base metals.
The term now typically refers to collectible or bullion coins valued for their metal content: She inherited a collection of silver coins from her grandfather.
Silver coins appear in folklore as protection against supernatural evil.
- currencyMedium of exchange
- mintingProducing official currency
- thalerHistoric Germanic silver coin
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- moneyCurrency for transactions
treasure chest · denarius · doubloon · thirty pieces · specie · Spanish dollar · numismatic · bullion · quarter · dime · metallic · legal tender · shekel · argentum · vending · sterling · round · denomination
- currenciesdollar, pound, euro, yen, peso
- Gold and Silvergold bullion, gold nugget, gold nuggets, gold dust, gold ingots
- silver
- coin termsquarter, dime, nickel, penny, half dollar
- coinageminting, denomination, dies, mint mark, blanks
- coinage metalsnickel, cupronickel, bronze, electrum
silver coinpaper money
Currency in bill form
banknote · paper currency · digital currency · cryptocurrency · credit
silver coincopper penny
One-cent US coin
slug · wooden nickel · gold coin · gold bullion · platinum coin
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