01 n. The act or process of converting metal into money.
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The act or process of converting metal into money.“The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates.” — Arbuthnot.
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Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.
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The cost or expense of coining money.
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The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.“This is the very coinage of your brain.” — Shak.