Definition of coin

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Coin (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense..

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Light :: Light (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin..
Coinquinate :: Coinquinate (v. t.) To pollute.
Florin :: Florin (n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents..
Zehner :: Zehner (n.) An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents..
Macaranga Gum :: Macaranga gum () A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine..
Portague :: Portague (n.) A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling..
Nurl :: Nurl (v. t.) To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl..
Ducat :: Ducat (n.) A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke..
Pfennig :: Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency..
Incoincidence :: Incoincidence (n.) The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.
Incoincident :: Incoincident (a.) Not coincident; not agreeing in time, in place, or principle..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings..
Concur :: Concur (v. i.) To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.
Johannes :: "Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe..
Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse..
Tester :: Tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston..
Daric :: Daric (n.) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric..
Reeding :: Reeding (n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
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