circulating medium

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Its establishment originated in the imperious obligation imposed on every government to furnish its people with a circulating medium for their commerce.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

The currency of the State banks, fairly worthless, was nearly the only circulating medium.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron

This would regulate the currency by furnishing a circulating medium, and constitute a basis on which loans could be obtained.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

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

Ordinarily, the laws of trade, of demand and supply, will regulate and equalize the distribution of the circulating medium over the country.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.