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The word “blog” is a recent coinage.
Coinage was scarce in the colonies.
an expert in Chinese coinage
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In Palmyra, local authorities fostered a distinct identity by issuing bilingual coinage and insisting that civic inscriptions on buildings be written in Greek as well as Palmyrene Aramaic.
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Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019
Five thousand years ago, elaborate systems arose to enable early agrarian societies to buy and sell goods and services on credit, since coinage had not been invented.
—Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015
The Robinson coins are unusual among United States coinage because they were minted when the subject pictured on the coins was still alive.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024
The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
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Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019
Five thousand years ago, elaborate systems arose to enable early agrarian societies to buy and sell goods and services on credit, since coinage had not been invented.
—Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015
The Robinson coins are unusual among United States coinage because they were minted when the subject pictured on the coins was still alive.
—arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024
The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Sometime around 660 CE, silver coinage replaced gold as the dominant form of currency in northwest Europe.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Coinage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coinage. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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coinage
noun
coin·age
ˈkȯi-nij 
1
: the act or process of coining
3
: something (as a word) made up or invented
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