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uncoined

British  
/ ʌnˈkɔɪnd /

adjective

  1. (of a metal) not made into coin

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The gold bullion, or gold in bars and blocks uncoined, is for all practical purposes as good as the coin, and in foreign trade is much used, it being more convenient to handle.

From Government and Administration of the United States by Willoughby, Westel W.

The coin may be worth more than the uncoined bullion.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

The figures of the same table show that in 1873 a coined silver dollar of 412½ grains would buy 51⁄3 pounds of cotton; to-day 412½ grains of uncoined silver will buy 6¾ pounds of cotton.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)

This barter and this coinage might go on while a grain of the world's gold remained uncoined.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

There were also no less than five witnesses; and an anomalous personage, the Libripens, who brought with him a pair of scales to weigh the uncoined copper money of ancient Rome.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir