Definition of Coins. Meaning of Coins. Synonyms of Coins

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Definition of Coins

Coin
Coin Coin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coined (koind); p. pr. & vb. n. Coining.] 1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal. 2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word. Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, To soothe his sister and delude her mind. --Dryden. 3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. --Locke.
Coin
Coin Coin (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin, Cuneiform.] 1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin. 2. 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. It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. --Hallam. 3. That which serves for payment or recompense. The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. --Hammond. Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]
Coin
Coin Coin, v. i. To manufacture counterfeit money. They cannot touch me for coining. --Shak.

Meaning of Coins from wikipedia

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- Reserve Notes for paper money, while still minting their own coins, or also accept U.S. dollar coins (such as the Sacagawea or presidential dollar). As of January...
- information". Data from the COINS database is used to prepare the National Accounts. The Combined Online Information System or COINS database is one of the...
- also have the right to mint coins with their own designs on the obverse side. The coins, and various commemorative coins, are minted at numerous national...
- Coins of the United States dollar (aside from those of the earlier Continental currency) were first minted in 1792. New coins have been produced annually...
- Empire rewarded soldiers by presenting them with coins to recognize their achievements. Challenge coins were also known as "Portrait Medals" during the...
- Presidential dollar coins (authorized by Pub.L. 109–145, 119 Stat. 2664, enacted December 22, 2005) are a series of United States dollar coins with engravings...
- shillings made a pound. British coins are minted by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales. The Royal Mint also commissions the coins' designs. As of 31 March...
- Coins (formerly Coins: The Magazine of Coin Collecting) is an American monthly numismatic publication. Coins magazine was founded in 1955. Originally published...
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