金銀|きんぎんkingin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noungold and silver
2. nounmoney

• Related金銭きんせんNeutralRefers to money itself, as in 「金銭トラブル」; 「金銀」 literally means gold and silver, with money or wealth only as an extended sense.
• Related金員きんいんWrittenA written/formal term for sums or amounts of money, used mainly in legal documents.
• Related金子きんすWrittenAn old-fashioned word for money, heard mostly in period dramas.
• Related金円きんえんWrittenAn old-fashioned, rarely used word for money or currency.

Use 「金銀」 for gold and silver or treasure, as in 「金銀財宝」. For money in general say 「金銭」; 「金員」 fits legal documents, while 「金子」 and 「金円」 are old-fashioned.

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1. 金かねと銀ぎん。
2. 金貨きんかと銀貨ぎんか。金銭きんせん。
3. 将棋しょうぎの駒こまで金将きんしょうと銀将ぎんしょう。