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• Fineness — Fine ness, n. [From {Fine}, a.] 1. The quality or condition of being fine. [1913 Webster] 2. Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor. [1913 Webster] The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To make …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• coin silver — noun a silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins • Hypernyms: ↑silver, ↑Ag, ↑atomic number 47 * * * noun : silver of the fineness legalized for coins (as .900 fine in the U.S., .500 fine for Great Britain since… …   Useful english dictionary

• coin — verb To fashion pieces of metal into a prescribed shape, weight, and degree of fineness, and stamp them with prescribed devices, by authority of government, in order that they may circulate as money. Legal Tender Cases, 79 U.S. 457, 12 Wall. 457 …   Black's law dictionary

• coin — verb To fashion pieces of metal into a prescribed shape, weight, and degree of fineness, and stamp them with prescribed devices, by authority of government, in order that they may circulate as money. Legal Tender Cases, 79 U.S. 457, 12 Wall. 457 …   Black's law dictionary

• coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes. * * * …   Universalium

• coin gold — noun : gold of the fineness legalized for coins (as .900 fine in the U.S., .9166 or 11/12 fine in Great Britain) …   Useful english dictionary

• Farthing (British coin) — A farthing (meaning fourth part ) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny and 1/960 of a pound sterling, slightly over a mill division in other currencies. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be… …   Wikipedia

• Millesimal fineness — Contents 1 Platinum 2 Gold 3 Silver 4 See also …   Wikipedia

• Napoleon (coin) — The Napoleon is the colloquial term for a former French gold coin. The coins were minted (at various times) in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 40, 50 and 100francs. This …   Wikipedia

• Gold coin — [ thumb|right|A Krugerrand gold coin from South Africa] A gold coin is a flat, disc shaped piece of gold that has been minted and issued by a government or private organization. The first gold coins in history were coined by Egyptian Pharaohs… …   Wikipedia