circulating medium

Example Sentences

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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

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)

Showing the radical deficiency of the present circulating medium and the advantages of a free currency.

From Anarchism by Eltzbacher, Paul

These coupons were of no value as a circulating medium, and consequently would deprive the State of all means of carrying on the government if they were successful.

From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.

We saw this exemplified in our travelling companions, land-seekers like ourselves, with the sole difference that, not being overburdened with the circulating medium, they had come without scrip.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various