"miscoinage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: miscoinages [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + coinage. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|mis|coinage}} mis- + coinage Head templates: {{en-noun}} miscoinage (plural miscoinages)
  1. A bad or wrong coinage.

Inflected forms

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