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The definition of coinage is metal money.

(noun)

An example of coinage is pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and silver dollars.

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See coinage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act or process of coining
metal money; coins
a system of money or metal currency
an invented word or expression: laser is a recent coinage

Origin: ME < OFr coignaige

See coinage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The right or process of making coins.
a. Metal currency.
b. A system of metal currency.
a. A new word or phrase.
b. The invention of new words.
Ancestry or social background: “Count Gengler was of common coinage, but in coming to America he took on a royal name” (Jimmy Breslin).

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