coin

Meanings

Noun

• A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
• That which serves for payment or recompense.
• Money in general, not limited to coins.
• One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
• A corner or external angle.
• A small circular slice of food.
• A cryptocurrency.

Verb

• To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
• To make or fabricate.
• To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Origin

• Image:Silver tetradrachm MET DP139641.jpg|thumb|right|An Ancient Greek coin, circa 315–308 BC, made of silver
• From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne ("wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping"), from Latin cuneus ("wedge"). coign, and cuneus. See also quoin. Displaced , from , which was derived from .