coin

Noun
  1. A flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money (synset 113409418)
    is a type of: coinage, metal money, mintage, specie - coins collectively
    subtypes:
    • change - coins of small denomination regarded collectively
    • bawbee - an old Scottish coin of little value
    • bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
    • denier - any of various former European coins of different denominations
    • ducat - formerly a gold coin of various European countries
    • real - an old small silver Spanish coin
    • piece of eight - an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales
    • shilling - an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
    • crown - an English coin worth 5 shillings
    • half crown - an English coin worth half a crown
    • dime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
    • nickel - a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
    • quarter - a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
    • fifty-cent piece, half dollar - a United States coin worth half of a dollar
    • ha'penny, halfpenny - an English coin worth half a penny
    • cent, centime, penny - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
    • slug - a counterfeit coin
    • tenpence - a decimal coin worth ten pennies
    • tuppence, twopence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
    • threepence - former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
    • fourpence, groat - a former English silver coin worth four pennies
    • fivepence - a coin worth five cents
    • sixpence, tanner - a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
    • eightpence - a coin worth eight pennies
    • ninepence - a coin worth nine pennies
    • dollar - a United States coin worth one dollar
    • double eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars
    • eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
    • half eagle - a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars
    • guinea - a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
    • farthing - a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
    • doubloon - a former Spanish gold coin
    • louis d'or - a former French gold coin
    • medallion - any of various large ancient Greek coins
    • stater - any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece
    • sou - a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money
    • maundy money - specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
    has:
    • head - (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
    • obverse - the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
    • reverse, verso - the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
    • tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
Verb
  1. Make up (synset 201701863)
    "coin phrases or words"
    is a type of: create verbally - create with or from words
    subtypes: sloganeer - coin new slogans
  2. Form by stamping, punching, or printing (synset 201642647)
    "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    same as: mint, strike

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