silver coinage
Lustrous tender pieces
Silver coinage refers to coins made primarily of silver, historically the backbone of monetary systems worldwide.
The term also describes the system or practice of minting such coins: The country abandoned silver coinage in favor of paper currency.
Silver coins were valued for the metal itself, not just their face value, which eventually made them worth more melted down than spent.
- currencyMedium of exchange
- pieces of eightOld Spanish coinage
- bullionPrecious metal in bulk
- numismaticsStudy of currency
- coin collectorOne who gathers currency
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silver coinagepaper money
Currency in bill form
banknotes · paper currency · fiat currency · digital currency · electronic money