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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Billon :: Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage..
Sequin :: Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value..
Coincided :: Coincided (imp. & p. p.) of Coincid.
Guilder :: Guilder (n.) A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.
Noncoincidence :: Noncoincidence (n.) Lack of coincidence.
Rix-dollar :: Rix-dollar (n.) A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler..
Tail :: Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..
Concur :: Concur (v. i.) To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.
Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..
Ryal :: Ryal (n.) See Rial, an old English coin..
Ducatoon :: Ducatoon (n.) A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values..
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..
Li :: Li (n.) A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.
Mintage :: Mintage (n.) The duty paid to the mint for coining.
Gilder :: Gilder (n.) A Dutch coin. See Guilder.
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
Obolary :: Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
Warling :: Warling (n.) One often quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling..
Scudo :: Scudo (n.) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70..
Imperial :: Imperial (n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars..
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