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mintage

[ min-tij ]

/ ˈmɪn tɪdʒ /

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noun

the act or process of minting.

the product or result of minting; coinage.

the charge for or cost of minting or coining.

the output of a mint.

a stamp or character impressed.

Origin of mintage

First recorded in 1560–70; mint² + -age

Words nearby mintage

mint condition, in, mint family, mint julep, mint money, mint sauce, mintage, minted, minthe, mintmark, minto, minton

Example sentences from the Web for mintage

But whoever thinks of purchasing English mintage except for bullion?

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various
In this way his letters became what they are, like coins put in the pyx, and mintage that survives the best of the goldsmiths.

Charles Carleton Coffin |William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
He dipped into a side coat-pocket for the mintage of the Solomons and stripped off a stick from the handful of pressed sticks.

Michael, Brother of Jerry |Jack London
Herbert's poems are full of this sterling sense and philosophical reflection—the mintage of a master mind.

Gifts of Genius |Various

He grows aweary and lies down to sleep—to sleep and wake no more, deeding to us the mintage of his love.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 |Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for mintage

mintage

/ (ˈmɪntɪdʒ) /

noun

the process of minting

money minted

a fee paid for minting a coin

an official impression stamped on a coin