Definition of coin

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Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..

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Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].
Gazet :: Gazet (n.) A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents..
Dollar :: Dollar (n.) A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries..
Tetradrachma :: Tetradrachma (n.) A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, of the value of four drachms..
Scute :: Scute (n.) An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents..
Noble :: Noble (n.) An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61..
Fit :: Fit (n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..
Squint :: Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..
Cent :: Cent (n.) A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc..
Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..
Collector :: Collector (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins..
Pile :: Pile (n.) The reverse of a coin. See Reverse.
Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who passes counterfeit coin.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric..
Billon :: Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage..
Exergue :: Exergue (n.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter..
Tical :: Tical (n.) A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy..
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