Example sentences for: coin

How can you use “coin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Denarius , a coin of ancient Rome, evolved into dinar , the name used by many countries of the eastern Mediterrean which were once part of, or near, the ancient Roman Empire (Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Tunisia, Yugoslavia).

  • Scimminger was the name for a counterfeit coin, while Bargain Pence was earnest money, a low-value coin given on striking a bargain, making a deal at a market, or in similar circumstances.

  • Cockney slang for a half-crown coin was tusheroon, tossaroon, or tosheroon , a corruption of another slang term for this coin, madza caroon, a corruption of the Italian mezzo half corona crown.

  • Collectors also lobbied for the change, since U.S. coin design had changed little in 50 years.

  • Florence was the first Italian town to mint its own gold coin (fiorino or florin), a prestigious instrument for trade in European markets, and it organized textile manufacture on an advanced large-scale basis.


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