circulating medium
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The local currency includes rings of gold, specially made as a circulating medium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
It completely accomplished its object; and that object was to restore to a sound basis the currency of the country, and to give the people a uniform circulating medium.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel
It was the first money I had ever earned—my only transactions with the circulating medium before that time, having been to spend it, as fast as it could be obtained from a fond father.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
They pictured forth the lamentable results that would follow its passage, and the direful consequences that would ensue from an increase of the circulating medium of the country.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
Can such notes be constituted a legitimate circulating medium having a defined legal value?
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
