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• Coinage metals — The coinage metals comprise, at minimum, those metallic chemical elements which have historically been used as components in alloys used to mint coins. The term is not perfectly defined, however, since a number of metals have been used to make… …   Wikipedia

• coinage — coin‧age [ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. ECONOMICS the system of coins used in a country: • Britain did not use decimal coinage until 1971. ˌstandard ˈcoinage ECONOMICS a system where a coin s value is the same as the value of the metal it… …   Financial and business terms

• coinage — [koin′ij] n. [ME < OFr coignaige] 1. the act or process of coining 2. metal money; coins 3. a system of money or metal currency 4. an invented word or expression [laser is a recent coinage] …   English World dictionary

• Coinage — Coin age, n. [From {Coin}, v. t., cf. {Cuinage}.] 1. The act or process of converting metal into money. [1913 Webster] The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Coinage of Asia — The earliest coinage of Asia is also the oldest coinage of the world. Coins were invented several times independently of each other. The earliest coins from the Mediterranean region are from the kingdom of Lydia, and are now dated ca. 600 BCE.… …   Wikipedia

• Metal as money — Throughout history, various metals, some of which are considered precious today, appear to have been used as a form of currency. The Bretton Woods system, under which all major currencies were theoretically exchangeable for gold, was abolished in …   Wikipedia

• Coinage Act de 1873 — Le Coinage Act de 1873 est une loi fédérale votée par le congrès des États Unis le 12 février 1873[1] , souhaitant faire passer le pays du bimétallisme à un système plus proche de l étalon or. Il a été appelé aussi crime de 1873 , en raison de… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Metal — This article is about metallic materials. For other uses, see Metal (disambiguation). Some metal pieces Metals Alkali metals …   Wikipedia

• coinage — /koy nij/, n. 1. the act, process, or right of making coins. 2. the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation. 3. coins collectively; currency. 4. the act or process of inventing words; neologizing. 5. an invented or newly… …   Universalium

• coinage — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The process of making money] Syn. coining, making coins, minting; see manufacturing , production 1 . 2. [Metal money] Syn. silver, cash, coins; see change 5 …   English dictionary for students

• coinage — The process of coining money; the system and the principles regulating and governing the production of the metal currency of the country …   Ballentine's law dictionary