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coin(1) (iou)



coin noun. See also COIGN noun, QUOIN noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French coin, coing wedge, corner, stamping-die, from Latin cuneus wedge.]
I.
See QUOIN noun. ME.
II.
A die for stamping money; a stamped device, an impress. LME-L17.
A piece of metal, usu. a disc, made into money by an official stamp. LME.
obsidional coin: see OBSIDIONAL. the other side of the coin fig. the opposite view of a matter (cf. the reverse of the medal s.v. REVERSE noun).
fig.: F. W. Robertson Words are..the coins of intellectual exchange.
Metal money; slang money, cash. LME.
bad coin debased currency. false coin imitation coin in base metal; fig. something spurious. pay a person in his or her own coin retaliate by similar behaviour.
A. Mars-Jones In coin, two hundred pounds.
Comb.: coin-box (a receptacle for coins in) a coin-operated telephone; coin-op adjective & noun (a) adjective coin-operated; (b) noun a launderette etc. with automatic coin-operated machines; coin-operated adjective (of a machine, lock, etc.) operated by a coin or coins.