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recoinage|riːˈkɔɪnɪdʒ|
[f. re- 5 a + coinage.]
The act or process of recoining money.
1622Bacon Hen. VII 216 The Recoinage of Groats and Halfe-groats, now Twelue-pences and Six-pences. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4366/2 After the Recoinage, each Piece of Money is to receive a Denomination much above the..Value it bears at present. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. iii. (1869) I. 206 Before the late re-coinage the gold coin was a good deal defaced. 1864H. Ainsworth John Law iv. ii, A diminution of nearly fifty per cent. on the money already reduced in value by a previous recoinage.
attrib.1884St. James's Gaz. 29 Apr. 7/2 The dislike of Mr. Childers's recoinage scheme. |