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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
coin
    n 1: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
    v 1: make up; "coin phrases or words"
    2: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
       "strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coin \Coin\ (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge,
   stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone,
   hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin,
   Cuneiform.]
   1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See
      Coigne, and Quoin.
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   2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped
      by government authority, making it legally current as
      money; -- much used in a collective sense.
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            It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the
            current coin of the realm.            --Hallam.
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   3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
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            The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is
            repaid in a nobler coin.              --Hammond.
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   Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance.

   To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind
      of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him.
      [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coin \Coin\, v. i.
   To manufacture counterfeit money.
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         They cannot touch me for coining.        --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coin \Coin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coined (koind); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Coining.]
   1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as
      a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin
      silver dollars; to coin a medal.
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   2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin
      a word.
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            Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
            To soothe his sister and delude her mind. --Dryden.
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   3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
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            Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
                                                  --Locke.
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Coin
   Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They
   made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they
   weighed out (Gen. 23:16; Ex. 38:24; 2 Sam. 18:12). Probably the
   silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a
   fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The
   "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Gen. 20:16),
   and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably
   in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of
   weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the
   Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chr.
   21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction
   between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many
   shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11;
   Gen. 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew _kesitah_, probably
   an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a
   sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The
   same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 24:32, which is rendered by
   Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."
   

6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
COIN, commerce, contracts. A piece of gold, silver or other metal stamped by 
authority of the government, in order to determine its value, commonly 
called money. Co. Litt. 207; Rutherf. Inst. 123. For the different kinds of 
coins of the United States, see article Money. As to the value of foreign 
coins, see article Foreign Coins. 



7. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Coin, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    252
   Housing Units (2000): 118
   Land area (2000):     0.801642 sq. miles (2.076243 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.801642 sq. miles (2.076243 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14970
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             40.656943 N, 95.234142 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     51636
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Coin, IA
    Coin


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