What is "current money"

Current \Cur"rent\ (k?r"rent), a. [OE. currant, OF. curant, corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. Course, Concur, Courant, Coranto.]

1. Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic]

   Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord.
   --Gower.

   To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
   --Tennyson.

2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

3. Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

   That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
   --Arbuthnot.

   Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
   --Shak.

   His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him.
   --Grew.

4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

   O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed.
   --Shak.

   Account current. See under Account.

   Current money, lawful money.
   --Abbott.