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DictionarycoinageCoins collectively
noun

coinage

KOY-nij/ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/

Coins considered collectively.

The collection's coinage includes copper and silver-colored pieces.

Loose coins and short coin stacks fill the foreground.
Etymology
coignageOld Frenchcoining or coined money

The process of coining money extended to deliberately forming new words.

More examples

  • The museum displays medieval coinage.
  • Foreign coinage filled the old tin.

Forms

coinage

Similar words

coins
Names the individual pieces directly.
currency
Includes paper money and other forms of circulating money.