noun

1. Archaic quoin
2. 1. a usually round piece of metal with a distinctive stamp, and of a fixed value and weight, issued by a government as money
   2. such pieces collectively
3. Slang money

Etymology: ME < OFr coin, coigne, a wedge, stamp, corner < L cuneus, a wedge < IE base *kū-, pointed > OIr cuil, L culex, gnat, Avestan sū-kā, needle

adjective

transitive verb

1. 1. to make (coins) by stamping metal
   2. to make (metal) into coins
2. to make up; devise; invent (a new word or phrase)

intransitive verb

1. to make coins
2. Brit. to make counterfeit money