Monetary metals

Japanese: 貨幣金属 - かへいきんぞく
Monetary metals

…For decorative purposes, gold, silver, platinum and their alloys are called precious metals. Gold, silver and copper are also called coinage metals because they are used as currency.
[Mass-produced metals]
In modern times, the proportion of industrial metal production is by far that of iron and steel (about 95%), and we can say that we are still in the age of iron and steel.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "monetary metals" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…装飾的な用途では金,銀,白金およびその合金を貴金属precious metalという。金,銀,銅は貨幣として用いられるところから貨幣金属coinage metalとも呼ばれる。
[量産金属]
 現代における金属の工業的生産量の割合は鉄鋼が格段に大きく(約95%),現在は依然として鉄鋼の時代であるといえる。…

※「貨幣金属」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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