Backing
Currency
Currency noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
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Synonyms for Currency
Backing and currency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backing" instead a noun "Currency".
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Unchecked, counterfeiting can absolutely devastate a country's economy, both internally as people keep demanding higher and higher prices, and externally, as other countries will view the currency (and the country's economic backing of said currency) as essentially worthless.
Source: Counterfeit Cash -
Unfortunately, before the game starts the NCR gold reserves are irradiated by the Brotherhood of Steel, so they have to switch back to backing their currency on water.
Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks -
During the Succession Wars, they were deemed so crucial that they became the purview of an (ostensiblly) neutral faction called ComStar, who established a universal currency using HPG transmission time as the backing commodity (The C-Bill).
Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech
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