recoinage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From re- +‎ coinage.

Noun[edit]

recoinage (countable and uncountable, plural recoinages)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A recoining of money. [from 17th c.]
    • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 18:
      A total recoinage was to be effected, and the old impure coins were to be removed from circulation.

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