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institution

制度　—　Institutions

The framework of a society's settled rules.

Owl with Test Cuts Owl with Test Cuts5th–4th Century BC (Classical Period) Antoninianus of Caracalla Antoninianus of CaracallaAD 215 Visigothic gold tremissis Visigothic gold tremissisc. 575–711 (the age of striking the king's name)
A photograph of the real thing this term names.

⚠ A coin is both an object and a system. The same piece of metal is treated as money within the system and as bullion outside of it. As an object, nothing has changed.