coin

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Meaning

1. A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
4. Something in broad circulation or use.
5. (slang) Money in general, not limited to coins.
6. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
7. A corner or external angle.
8. A small circular slice of food.
9. (informal) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.

money

silver coin

silver coins

hard cash

pin on

paper currency

coin money

silver money

gold or silver coin 3

incuse

gold coin worth 2.50 baht

legal tenden

neologise

stamped coin

to mint

divisional currency

king’s picture

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔɪn/

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.