1. (n.) The act or process of converting metal into money.

2. (v. t.) Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.

3. (n.) The cost or expense of coining money.

4. (n.) The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged.

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