[经] 银元券

[ noun ]
formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver
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Silver certificate \Sil"ver cer*tif"i*cate\
A certificate issued by a government that there has been
deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to
the bearer on demand. In the United States and its
possessions, it is issued against the deposit of silver coin,
and is not legal tender, but is receivable for customs,
taxes, and all public dues. In the United States the
redeemability in silver of silver certificates was
discontinued in the 1970's; they are still (1997) accepted as
money at the face dollar value, but cannot be redeemed in
silver.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]