| 单词 | gold coin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold coin gold coin n. (a) a coin made of gold, or containing a percentage of gold; (b) (as a mass noun) such coins collectively; currency or money consisting of gold coins. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > (a) gold coin golds1478 gold coin1533 ruddock1567 red one1568 goldingc1580 pestle of a portigue1598 gold piece1606 yellowhammera1627 yellow boy1654 spanker1663 ridge1667 gold drop1701 spank1725 glistener1818 money-gold1841 canary1851 1533 Noble Coronacyon Quene Anne sig. A.iiiiv A ryche and costly purse of golde and in it a thousande marke in golde coyne. 1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 21 Masters and Workers, Covenanted to make Two sorts of Gold Coins to wit..Rialls, Angels. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. v. 63 There would in this case, be a profit in melting it down, in order, first to sell the bullion for gold coin, and afterwards to exchange this gold coin for silver coin. 1816 Act 56 Geo. III C. 68 in Statutes United Kingdom (1816) VI. 915 The Gold Coin made according to the Indentures of the Mint should henceforth be the sole Standard Measure of Value. 1898 Argosy Sept. 325 The prisoner put his hand underneath his ragged gibbeh and brought forth a handful of gold coins. 1986 L. L'Amour Son of Wanted Man iv. 33 He had in his possession sacks containing $12,500 in freshly minted gold coin. 1997 J. Williams Money ii. 56/2 In the Roman world..gold coins came to be treated as bullion. 2002 A. R. Kulkarni in A. K. Bagchi Money & Credit Indian Hist. 99 A striking feature of the South Indian currency was that the gold coin enjoyed the largest circulation and silver rupees were subsidiary to it. < as lemmas |
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