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fractional currency

noun

Definition of fractional currency

1 : paper money in denominations of less than one dollar issued by the U.S. 1863–76
2 : currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit

First Known Use of fractional currency

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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