coinage

[koi-nij]

noun

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 created word or phrase.

   “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken.

6. anything made, invented, or fabricated.

coinage

/ ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ /

noun

1. coins collectively

2. the act of striking coins

3. the currency of a country

4. the act of inventing something, esp a word or phrase

5. a newly invented word, phrase, usage, etc

Other Word Forms

• miscoinage noun
• noncoinage noun
• recoinage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of coinage¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Middle French word coignaige. See coin, -age

Example Sentences

The Royal Mint has made the circulating coinage of each of Britain's monarchs since Alfred the Great.

From BBC

Many South Koreans now describe their fears that Yoon might be reinstated with a new coinage: “insurrection insomnia.”

From Los Angeles Times

It was presumably dropped into the federal melting pot to become the first but unacknowledged coinage of California gold.

From Los Angeles Times

"They represent the very earliest examples of an independent Scottish coinage and date from the 12th and 13th Centuries."

From BBC

Some large plaques also pay tribute to historic events such as the last stagecoach robbery in Kern County in 1869, in which a gunman made off with $1,700 in coinage and gold bullion.

From Los Angeles Times