Meaning

noun a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

verb make up

verb form by stamping, punching, or printing

originFrom Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

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