#currency the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
supertype: #medium_of_exchange__monetary_system anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
subtype: #money.currency the official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs"
subtype: #hard_cash__cash__hard_currency money in the form of bills or coins
subtype: #cash_change__change money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it to pay the taxi driver"
subtype: #cash_balance__change the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due; "I paid with a twenty and pocketed the change"
subtype: #small_change__smallchange__chickenfeed a trifling sum of money
subtype: #pocket_money__pin_money__pinmoney__spending_money cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
subtype: #ready_cash__readycash__ready_money__readymoney money in the form of cash that is quickly available; "his wife was always a good source of ready cash"
subtype: #paper_money__papermoney__folding_money__foldingmoney__paper_currency__papercurrency currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
subtype: #fractional_currency paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
subtype: #fiat_money money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
subtype: #banker's_bill__bill__note__government_note__bank_bill__bank_note__banknote__Federal_Reserve_note__greenback a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
subtype: #silver_certificate formerly a bank note issued by the US Treasury and redeemable in silver
subtype: #hundred_dollar_bill__c-note__cnote a US bill worth 100 dollars
subtype: #fiver__five-spot__five-dollar_bill a US bill worth 5 dollars
subtype: #two_dollar_bill a US bill worth 2 dollars
subtype: #twenty_dollar_bill a US bill worth 20 dollars
subtype: #one_dollar_bill__dollar__dollar_bill__buck__clam (United States) a piece of paper money worth one dollar
subtype: #specie__coinage__mintage__metal_money__metalmoney coins collectively
subtype: #coin a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
subtype: #change.coin coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change"
subtype: #bawbee an old Scottish coin of little value
subtype: #bezant__bezzant__solidus a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
subtype: #ducat formerly a gold coin of various European countries
subtype: #real an old small silver Spanish coin
subtype: #piece_of_eight an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
subtype: #shilling an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
subtype: #crown.coin an English coin worth 5 shillings
subtype: #half_crown an English coin worth half a crown
subtype: #dime a US coin worth one tenth of a dollar
subtype: #nickel a US coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
subtype: #quarter.coin a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
subtype: #half_dollar__fifty-cent_piece a US coin worth half of a dollar
subtype: #halfpenny__ha'penny an English coin worth half a penny
subtype: #penny.coin__cent__centime a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
subtype: #copper.penny a copper penny
subtype: #new_penny__newpenny a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound
subtype: #tenpence (Brit) UK decimal coin worth ten pennies
subtype: #twopence__tuppence a former UK silver coin; UK bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
subtype: #threepence (Brit) former cupronickel coin of UK equal to three pennies
subtype: #fourpence__groat a former English silver coin worth four pennies
subtype: #fivepence a five-cent piece
subtype: #sixpence__tanner a small British coin worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
subtype: #eightpence a coin worth eight pennies
subtype: #ninepence a coin worth nine pennies
subtype: #dollar.coin a US coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"
subtype: #Susan_B_Anthony_dollar a US coin worth one dollar
subtype: #silver_dollar__cartwheel a dollar made of silver
subtype: #eagle.coin a former gold coin in US worth 10 dollars
subtype: #half_eagle a former gold coin in US worth 5 dollars
subtype: #guinea a former British gold coin worth 21 chillings
subtype: #farthing a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
subtype: #doubloon a former Spanish gold coin
subtype: #louis_d'or__louisd'or a former French gold coin
subtype: #medallion.coin any of various large ancient Greek coins
subtype: #stater.coin any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
subtype: #sou a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"
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