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Money-maker :: Money-maker (n.) One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money..

Triens :: Triens (n.) A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as. See 3d As, 2..

Coinage :: Coinage (v. t.) The cost or expense of coining money.

Moneyage :: Moneyage (n.) A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

Louis D''or :: Louis d'or () Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640..

Obverse :: Obverse (a.) The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..

Token :: Token (n.) A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value..

Krone :: Krone (n.) A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric..

Die :: Die (n.) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc..

Crownpiece :: Crownpiece (n.) A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19..

Incoincidence :: Incoincidence (n.) The quality of being incoincident; want of coincidence.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

Tail :: Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..

Obolary :: Obolary (a.) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

Didrachma :: Didrachma (n.) A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents..

Pound :: Pound (n.) A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value..

Marc :: Marc (n.) A German coin and money of account. See Mark.

Portcullis :: Portcullis (n.) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse..

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