eagle

From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). More at erne.

(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


euro

euros (plural)
euro (plural)
Euro (alternative)

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

coin

(numismatics) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €


SMS

en-noun

SMS (countable and uncountable, plural SMSes)

SMSes (plural)
S.M.S. (alternative)
S. M. S. (alternative)

/ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/

special mint set
special mint set#English

(numismatics) Initialism of special mint set.


dollar

→ Burmese: ဒေါ်လာ (daula)

→ Catalan: dòlar

→ Chinese: 刀 (dāo) (colloquial)

→ Czech: dolar

→ Danish: dollar

desctree

→ Dutch: dollar
→ Indonesian: dolar
→ Japanese: ドル (doru)

→ Faroese: dollari

→ French: dollar
→ Romanian: dolar (along with English dollar)

→ German: Dollar

→ Greek: δολάριο (dolário)

→ Hausa: dala

→ Hawaiian: kālā

→ Hebrew: דולר (dolar)

→ Irish: dollar

→ Italian: dollaro

→ Khmer: ដុល្លារ (dŏlléar)

→ Korean: 달러 (dalleo)

→ Latvian: dolārs

→ Lithuanian: doleris

→ Macedonian: долар (dolar)

→ Maori: tāra

→ Nepali: डलर (ḍalar)

→ Norwegian: dollar

→ Papiamentu: dòlò

→ Persian: دلار (dolâr)

→ Polish: dolar
→ Kashubian: dolar

→ Portuguese: dólar

→ Romanian: dolar (along with French dollar)

→ Russian: доллар (dollar)

→ Samoan: tālā
→ English: tala

→ Spanish: dólar

→ Sranan Tongo: dala

→ Swahili: dola

→ Swedish: dollar

→ Thai: ดอลลาร์ (dɔn-lâa)

→ Tokelauan: tālā

→ Ukrainian: долар (dolar)

→ Welsh: doler

→ Yiddish: דאָלאַר (dolar)

→ Yoruba: dọ́là

Attested since the mid-16th century, from early Dutch daler, daalder, from German Taler, Thaler (“dollar”), from Sankt Joachimsthaler, literally “of Joachimstal”, the name for coins minted in German Sankt Joachimsthal (“St. Joachim's Valley”) (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic). Ultimately from Joachim + Tal (“valley”). Possibly reinforced by the Dutch leeuwendaalder, which was also used in the American colonies. Cognate to Danish daler. Doublet of taler.

cog

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

Yeah, but why? Lincoln doesn’t need the penny for notoriety. He’s everywhere. We put him on novelty bandages, cup-and-ball games, and creepy Chia Pets. And you know where else we put him? The five-dollar bill! You know, the thing that’s worth 500 times more than the penny!

2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

(numismatics) Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.


as

(numismatics) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.


MS

en-noun

MS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes)

(numismatics) Initialism of mint state, a grading term.


field

→ Japanese: フィールド (fīrudo)

From Middle English feeld, feld, from Old English feld, from Proto-West Germanic *felþu, from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“field, plain”) or *pleth₂- (“flat”) (with schwebeablaut).
Cognate with Scots feld, feild (“field”), North Frisian fjild (“field”), West Frisian fjild (“field”), Dutch veld (“field”), German Feld (“field”), Swedish fält (“field”). Related also to Old English folde (“earth, land, territory”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”). More at fold.

veld

land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country

fushë

sports: area reserved for playing a game

Euclidean domain ⊂ principal ideal domain ⊂ unique factorization domain

Noetherian domain ⊂ integral domain ⊂ commutative ring

Any of various figurative meanings, often dead metaphors.

A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols.

(numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.


agora

From Hebrew אֲגוֹרָה (agorá), from the root א־ג־ר (ʾ-g-r, “forming words relating to hoarding and storing”).

(numismatics) Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.


legend

en-noun

legend (countable and uncountable, plural legends)

From Middle English legende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints”), from Latin legenda (“things which ought to be read”), from lego (“I read”).

legende

any person of extraordinary accomplishment

Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 375, about Terling:

[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were.

1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XLVIII, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 281:

(numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.


mint

From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat. The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.

(numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.


Byzantine

en-noun

Byzantine (countable and uncountable, plural Byzantines)

Byzantines (plural)
byzantine (alternative)
Byzantian (alternative)
Bizantian (alternative obsolete)
Bizantine (alternative archaic)

From Late Latin byzantinus, itself from Byzantium. The figurative senses evoke the reputation for palace intrigue of the Byzantium imperial court.

(numismatics) Alternative form of byzantine (coin)


mule

→ Hawaiian: miula

→ Irish: miúil

→ Maori: miūru

From Middle English mule, from Anglo-Norman mule and Old English mūl, both from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Indo-European *mukslós. Compare Late Latin muscellus (“young he-mule”), Old East Slavic мъшкъ (mŭškŭ, “mule”), Ancient Greek (Phocian) μυχλός (mukhlós, “he-ass”), and German Maul Maultier, Maulesel (through Latin).

What is less clear, however, is why mint workers should have chosen to produce mules, if they were making forgeries […]

1988, Andrew Burnett, The Normanby hoard and other Roman coin hoards, British Museum Publications:

(numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

muuli

numismatics: coin or medal minted with designs not normally seen on the same piece


bes

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.


pattern

From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and patroon.

skemo

intelligible arrangement which has a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship

(now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.


fils

(numismatics) Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries.


AU

a.u. (alternative)
A.U. (alternative)
A. U. (alternative)

(numismatics) Initialism of almost uncirculated.


stella

Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.

(US, numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of Stella.


flan

Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe.
Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.

cog

(numismatics) A coin die. (Compare planchet.)


proof

en-noun

proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)

→ Russian: пруф (pruf), пру́фы (prúfy)

desc

⇒ Russian: пруфли́нк (pruflínk, literally “proof + link”)

From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

(numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.


reverse

From Middle English revers, from Anglo-Norman revers, Middle French revers, and their source, Latin reversus, perfect passive participle of reversō, from re- + versō. Doublet of revers.

(numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

тура

side of a medal, badge, or coin opposite the obverse


leonine

leonines (plural)
Leonine (alternative)
lionine (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin leōnīna + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Leōnīna is a feminine singular form of Latin leōnīnus (see etymology 1), and may refer to the use of a lion motif on the coin: see the 1787 quotation.

lbor

In the eyghte and twentye yere of his raign in the Chriſtmaſſe ſeaſon Kyng Edwarde ſet foorth a proclamation, forbidding and prohibiting all foraine coine to bee receyued and payde as ſterling mony wythin his dominion, commaunding by the ſame proclamation, that two peeces of them ſhould go for one ſterlying, vntill the feaſt of Eaſtre. There were diuers moneyes in thoſe dayes currant wythin this realme, as Pollardes, Crocards, Staldinges, Egles, Leonines, Steepinges, and all theſe were white monyes, artificially made of ſiluer, copper, and ſulphur, ſo that it was an yll tyme for baſe moneyes, and muche choppyng and chaunging was vſed in buying and ſelling of thynges.

1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Edward the Fyrste”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 835, column 2:

[I]n the raign of E[dward] I. there were divers white monies called Pollards, Crocards, Staldings, Eagles, Leonines, and Steepings artificially made of ſilver, copper, and ſulphur, and yet currant within the Realme; and for that two pieces of theſe monies were but of the value of one ſterling. King E. I. by his Proclamation utterly forbad the ſame.

1642, Edw[ard] Coke, “Stat. de Tallagio non Concedendo, Edit. Anno 34 Edw. I.”, in The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, and R[obert] Young, for E[phraim] D[awson], R[ichard] M[eighen], W[illiam] L[ee] and D[aniel] P[akeman], →OCLC, chapter XX, page 577:

[M]oſt deceits and corruptions are found in this reign [of Edward I of England], vvhen there vvas imported (beſides clipped ſterlings) a ſort of light money vvith a mitre, another with a lion, a third of copper blanched in imitation of the Engliſh money, a fourth like that of King Edvvard, and a fifth kind that vvas plated, and others, knovvn by the name of Pollards, Crokards, Mitres, Lionines, Staldings, Steepings, Eagles and Roſarys, vvhich vvere coined in parts beyond the ſeas, and privately brought into the kingdom, and uttered here for ſterling, though not vvorth above an halfpenny.

1787, John Topham, “Observations on the Wardrobe Account of the 28th Year of King Edward the First”, in Liber quotidianus contrarotulatoris garderobae. Anno regni regis Edwardi primi vicesimo octavo. A.D. MCCXCIX. & MCCC. […] [Daily Book of the Counter-roll of the Wardrobe. In the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King Edward the First. A.D. 1299 & 1300. […]], London: […] J[ohn] Nichols […], →OCLC, page xxii:

(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny; it was outlawed under Edward I (reigned 1272–1307).


dram

From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /drahm/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).

der

(numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.


mitre

From Middle English mytre, from Old French mitre, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”). Its use in reference to a counterfeit coin derived from the bishop's mitre stamped upon it. Doublet of Mithras, Mithra, Mitra, and Mehr.

doublet

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.


Louis

From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Doublet of Lewis and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
Remotely related to Slav and related terms through the Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear, be heard; famous”) root.

der

It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, […]

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(historical numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.


macaroni

en-noun

macaroni (countable and uncountable, plural macaronis or macaronies)

macaronis (plural)
macaronies (plural)
maccaroni (alternative)
maccheroni (alternative)
mac (alternative)

→ Japanese: マカロニ (makaroni)

→ Korean: 마카로니 (makaroni)

→ Malay:

Arabic script: ماكاروني

Latin script: makaroni

→ Scottish Gaelic: macaroni

From Italian maccaroni, plural of maccarone, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni, fool”), of uncertain origin. Variously derived from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, favored by the gods”), and from maccare (“to bruise, to crush”), archaic variant of ammaccare, from Latin maccāre (“to bruise, to crush”). Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”). As a fop, apparently from the British Macaroni Club rather than from Italian use of maccarone for fools and bumpkins. As a former form of currency, used to calque Spanish macuquino, 18th-century colonial Spanish slang for a similarly clipped coin.

cog

The silver coins are dollars (6s. 8d.), half dollars, and quarter dollars, or maccaronies as they are here popularly called.

1808, John Stewart, An Account of Jamaica..., page 59:

(countable, Caribbean, now historical, numismatics) A 19th-century quarter-silver dollar coin, typically a full 2-real coin or a quarter clipping of an 8-real coin from Central or South America.


stelo

From Esperanto stelo. Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stella.

One stelo theoretically equals in value of one kilogram of bread. […] The five steloj, 1959 (60), obverse shows a world globe symbolizing the unity of mankind. […] Most Esperantists use International Reply Coupons for the purposes for which stelo coins were intended, he added.

1980 July, COINage, volume 16, number 7, Ventura, Calif.: Behn-Miller Publishers, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 51–52:

More patterns were issued in 1959, these in 1-, 5- and 10-steloj denominations. The piece shown here is a 25-steloj coin issued in Poland in 1965.

1982 September, Marvin Kay, “Medicine in Numismatics”, in N[orris] Neil Harris, editor, The Numismatist, volume 95, number 9, Colorado Springs, Colo.: American Numismatic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2237, column 2:

Stelo fantasy coins were minted in several other denominations: a series from 1959, for example, features a bronze 1 stelo, an aluminum-bronze 5 steloj, and a copper-nickel 10 steloj.

2013, Jay M. Galst, Peter G[erritt] van Alfen, “Ophthalmologists Famous in Other Fields”, in Ophthalmologia: Optica et Visio in Nummis (Hirschberg History of Ophthalmology: The Monographs; 13), Piribebuy, Cordillera: Jean-Paul Wayenborgh; New York, N.Y.: American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, page 137:

The first coins were minted in 1959 by the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht in the denominations of one, five and ten steloj. […] In 1965 a fourth type of coin was added to the former with a nominal value of 25 steloj. […] Silver and gold varieties of the 25-stelo coins were also produced.

2024, Roberto Menchaca, “Esperanto in Numismatics”, in Alena Adler, Logan Hall, editors, Usona Esperantisto, number 2024:1, El Cerrito, Calif.: Esperanto-USA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 1:

(numismatics) A monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.


convertible

en-adj

convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)

more convertible (comparative)
most convertible (superlative)

From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.

der

Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.

(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.


vis-à-vis

Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis.

ubor

(numismatics, of a coin) Having two portraits facing each other.


Stella

(US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.


louis

Borrowed from French louis, from Louis, the name of the French kings who first issued these coins and whose images appeared on their obverses.

(historical numismatics) Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.

louis d'or constitutionnel
louis d'or constitutionnel

(historical numismatics) The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.

(historical numismatics, informal) The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.


napoleon

en-noun

napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural napoleons)

napoleons (plural)
Napoleon (alternative)

/nəˈpəʊlɪən/

Borrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.

bor

(historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.

We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France.

1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Red-Headed League, Norton, published 2005, page 67:

(historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values.


quincunx

en-noun

quincunx (plural quincunxes or quincunces)

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at five-twelfths of an as.


dinar

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe.

2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian:

(numismatics) The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


specimen

en-noun

specimen (plural specimens or (extremely rare) specimina)

specimens (plural)
specimina (plural rare)

From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

(numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own


lat

Borrowed from Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”).

(numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.

(numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.


rosary

From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium.

psalter (150-bead rosary for use with the Psalms)

(historical numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


sceat

sceats (plural)
sceatt (alternative)
sceatta (alternative)

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

lbor

1840, Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, Volume 2, Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, unnumbered page,
In the Anglo-Saxon laws there is no passage from which the value of the ‘sceat’ can be ascertained with certainty, though from some places in the laws of Ethelbirht it would appear, that, in Kent at least, 20 sceats were equal to 1 scilling.

The Obolus and the Scruple appear to have been equally familiar to the Anglo-Saxons under the names of the older sceat and penny. The Kentishmen seem to have resembled the Franks in their coinage as well as in their Wergilds, for their scilling weighed 20 sceats; and as the scilling was only a corruption of the Roman sicilicus (the shekel), or quarter-ounce weight, the Kentish ounce must have contained 80 sceats or 40 pence; in other words it was the old Salic solidus of 40 scruples, often met with in later times under the name of mancus, or heavier ounce of 30 Carlovingian (or sterling), and 40 Merovingian pence, or scruples.

1862, Eben William Robertson, Scotland Under Her Early Kings, Edmonston and Douglas, page 347:

(numismatics, historical) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).


drachm

drachms (plural)
dram (alternative)
drachme (alternative)
dram (alternative)

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French dragme (modern French drachme), from Late Latin dragma. Doublet of dirham.

(obsolete, numismatics) Alternative form of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma.


penniless

From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).

Canada became a penniless country in 2013 simply by rounding its cash transactions to the nearest nickel but otherwise not changing anything.

(numismatics, of a country's system of money) Abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, via rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).


dirham

dirhams (plural)
Dirham (alternative)
dirhem (alternative)
dirhm (alternative)

From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme.

doublet

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

(numismatics) A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


yuan

From Mandarin 元 (yuán), from 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese 円(えん) (en), Korean 원(圓) (won). Doublet of yen and won.

Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations.

1940, Evans Fordyce Carlson, “Test Tube for New China”, in Twin Stars of China: A Behind-the-Scenes Story of China's Valiant Struggle For Existence By A U. S. Marine who Lived & Moved with The People, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 219:

The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.

1978 [1955 June 24], Yenpei Prefectural Party Committee, “A Stern Struggle Must be Waged Against Graft and Theft”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）], First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 481:

中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）

A ticket to these Saturday and Sunday night dances costs 15 yuan, or $5.35, which is a lot when one considers that the average Peking worker makes 60 to 70 yuan ($21 to $25) a month.

1985 April 29, Daniel Southerl, “Saturday Night Fever in Peking”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-27:

Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206).

1998, Dru C. Gladney, “Getting Rich is Not So Glorious: Contrasting Perspectives on Prosperity Among Muslims and Han in China”, in Robert W. Hefner, editor, Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:

The provincial government has designated thirty-four counties in Henan as officially impoverished (pinkun xian) according to the provincial criterion: an average annual per capita income below 500 yuan and total household assets valued at less than 8,000 yuan, based on 1990 prices.

2002, Kellee S. Tsai, “Creative Capitalists in Henan”, in Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 185:

In Pinggu, a suburb of Beijing, residents were told that they would receive 50-yuan ($7.60) prizes in cash or merchandise once they had been fully vaccinated.

2021 April 5, Lily Kuo, Lyric Li, “China’s covid vaccine drive is lagging. Free food could help turn things around.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-05, Asia & Pacific:

(numismatics) The basic unit of money in China.


sesterce

From Latin sēstertius (“two-and-a-half (asses)”).

bor

Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:

Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces […]

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:

For him I must convert one of my sheep or goats to sesterces and slaughter another for his entertainment.

1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:


lats

From Latvian lats, from Latvija (“Latvia”).

(historical numismatics) Alternative form of lat (plural lati).


antoninianus

en-noun

antoninianus (plural antoniniani or antoninianuses)

antoniniani (plural)
antoninianuses (plural)

From Late Latin Antōnīniānus (“pertaining to Antoninus”). Speculatively named in modern times after an Antoninus mentioned in the Augustan History, after whom some silver coins were said to be named. However, it is not known what this coin was called in antiquity.

bor

From the 5th year on, Iuppiter conservator coins are continuously produced actually on antoninianuses;

The coins were base silver antoninianuses of Decius, coins that had not been in circulation for more than 200 years.[…]The gold are extremely rare, but choice specimens of the debased silver antoninianuses can be purchased for less than $100 each.

1980 July 27, Edward C. Rochette, “Coin Roundup…”, in The Indianapolis Star, section 5, page 4:

Whether you enjoy coins for their beauty, history, romance, or antiquity, these ancient Roman antoninianuses are sure to please.

1985 January, “Treasures of the Roman Empire”, in Special Coin Letter, number 1005, page 5:

(historical, numismatics) A silver coin used during the Roman Empire, equal to two denarii.


denarius

/dɪˈnɑːɹɪ.əs/

/dɪˈnɛəɹɪ.əs/

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger

Borrowed from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denier, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

"Sorry, I thought you were Aurel. He owes me a denarius. Have you seen him?"

1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 146:

2007, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day (title of the book)

(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces. Roughly one day’s wage for a skilled worker.


follis

From Latin follis (“a bag”). Doublet of fals and fool.

In Italy, the exarchs at Ravenna preserved the denominational structure of the currency, striking the bronze folles along with fractions and three silver denominations marked as pieces of 125, 150, and 500 nummiae (pl. 23.200). The solidus was officially exchanged at 300 folles (= 12,000 nummiae) or the rate that had obtained under Theodoric.

1996, Kenneth W. Harl, Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 b.c. to a.d. 700, Baltimore, Md., London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 199:

In the beginning, Antioch followed the weight policy of Constantinopolitan coins, but after a break in minting in 540/541–541/542 caused by the sack of the city by the Persians, the mint of Antioch continued to issue bronze folles of high weight standard, ever if the weight in Constantinople was already reduced by that period.

2016, Pavla Drápelová, “Province in Contrast to City: Irregularities and Peculiarities in the Coinage of Antioch (518–565)”, in Nicholas S. M. Matheou, Theofili Kampianaki, Lorenzo M. Bondioli, editors, From Constantinople to the Frontier: The City and the Cities, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, part 4 (The Cities), page 180:

The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.

2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70:

(numismatics) A large bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire.


sestertius

From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), in which "third" refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third.

uder

(historical numismatics) A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).


Krugerrand

Krugerrands (plural)
krugerrand (alternative)

Named for the obverse's picture of Paul Kruger, former president of the South African Republic.

(numismatics) A gold coin minted in South Africa, containing a full troy ounce of gold.


abasi

PERSIA. / In this empire of Asia, accounts are kept in tomans, each toman consisting of 1000 dinars-bisti, each of which is 12 dinars. The toman is divided into 50 abasis, 100 mamudis, 20 zaejiers, 1000 dinars-bisti, 2000 kabesquis, or 10000 dinar*. ... Silver monies are generally reckoned by bags of 50 tomans, or 2500 abasis, 100 mamudis of Avesa, or Avisa

1818, Christopher Dubost, The elements of commerce, page 405:

(numismatics) The monetary unit of Afghanistan during the 19th century, valued at 1/3 of a rupee.


thaler

dollar

From German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of tolar.

(historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.

(historical, numismatics) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.


abazi

Borrowed from Georgian აბაზი (abazi). Doublet of abbasi.

(numismatics) The monetary unit of Georgia until 1833, divided 40 puli.


doubloonie

Blend of double + loonie, punning on doubloon.

(Canada, slang, numismatics) A Canadian two-dollar coin; a toonie.


double eagle

(US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.


VG

(numismatics, bookselling, music, slang) Initialism of very good (condition).


toman

tomans (plural)
tumen (alternative)
tomaun (alternative)
tomin (alternative)
touman (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

The band-roll strung with tomans
Which proves the veil a Persian woman's

1845, Robert Browning, The Flight of the Duchess:

(historical, numismatics) A Persian money of account or gold coin issued until 1927, notionally worth 10,000 dinars.

(informal, numismatics) An Iranian coin or value of 10 rials.


Deutsche Mark

en-noun

Deutsche Mark (plural Deutsche Marks or Deutsche Mark)

Deutsche Marks (plural)
Deutsche Mark (plural)
Deutschmark (alternative)
deutschmark (alternative)
deutsche mark (alternative)
D-Mark (alternative)

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑːk/

/ˈdɔɪt͡ʃmɑɹk/

-ɔɪt͡ʃmɑː(ɹ)k

(numismatics) The former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.


steeping

steepings (plural)
stephening (alternative)
steping (alternative)

From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.


scalding

scaldings (plural)
stalling (alternative)

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

See synonyms at steeping.

(numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


loonie

From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin.

(Canada, informal, numismatics) The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987.


luma

From Armenian լումա (luma). Doublet of nummus.

(numismatics) A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.


restrike

(numismatics) A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.


doubloon

From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck – nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]

(Canada, slang, numismatics) Clipping of doubloonie.


pfennig

From German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and fening.

(historical, numismatics) One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark).


tetradrachm

tetradrachms (plural)
tetradrachma (alternative)
tetradrachmon (alternative)

/ˈtɛtɹədɹæm/

From Ancient Greek τετράδραχμον (tetrádrakhmon). See tetra- (“four”).

uder

τετράδραχμον

(historical, numismatics) A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms.

Alexander the Great
Heracles
Temnos
Zeus


exergue

/ɪɡˈzɜː(ɹ)ɡ/

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In farther eviction of what has been advanced, relative to the initial letters in the exergues of certain Sidonian coins; it may not be improper to observe, that a medal in my small collection exhibits the letter Hheth, immediately after the numerical inscription in the exergue.

1765, Philosophical Transactions, page 138:

In childhood I must have felt with the energy of a man what I now find stamped upon memory in lines as vivid, as deep, and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals.

(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.


jiao

Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak.

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(numismatics) A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.

毫

a currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan


groschen

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

[…]old women are seeking to earn a few groschen by carrying home the purchases of buyers,[…]

1884 Christmas, Mrs. Alexander [pen name; Anne French Hector], “Mrs. Vereker’s Courier Maid”, in The Gentleman’s Annual, chapter III, page 75:

(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.


fido

An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.

(numismatics) A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.


pollard

From poll (“head, scalp”) + -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.

(numismatics, historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


indirect quotation

en-noun

indirect quotation (plural indirect quotations)

(numismatics, business) A rate in foreign currency.


widow's mite

João Zeferino da Costa
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
New International Version

From the Bible account of the poor widow’s donation of two mites (or leptons, small coins of low value) to the temple contribution box, which Jesus Christ praised as more than the gifts presented by wealthy people, for “[a]ll these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on”: Luke 21:1–4 (New International Version); see also Mark 12:38–44.

refn

From the collection of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Leptons became famous as the "widows mites" when Christ observed a widow donating two of them to the temple treasury. Christ noted that she had donated more than everyone else had because that was all she had. The two mites were worth about 70 cents to one dollar in modern buying power, or about enough for a meal of beans.

2002, Ralph L. Stephenson, chapter 6, in The Biblical Guide to Wealth, Health, and Happiness, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 131:


fals

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/fuləsā, filas/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.

der

פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ

(numismatics, Middle Ages) Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.


eightpence

[…] I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.

1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

(historical, numismatics) A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.


respectant

French, present participle of respecter.

The sun is surmounted on either side by two white lions, respectant and sitting on an orange scroll inscribed UTMOST OF OUR ABILITY in gold letters.

(heraldry, numismatics) Placed so as to face one another; face to face.


double-header

double-headers (plural)
double header (alternative)
doubleheader (alternative)

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gold piece

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(fantasy roleplaying games) A common unit of currency in many fantasy role-playing games.


VF

(numismatics, slang) Initialism of very fine.


altyn

Borrowed from Russian алты́н (altýn), either from Tatar алты (altı, “six”), referring to six dengas (six half-kopeks), or from Tatar алтын (altın, “gold”). These small coins were never minted in gold; however, compare the semantic evolution of Latin solidus from a Roman gold coin to a medieval silver shilling.

(numismatics) An obsolete Russian coin worth three kopeks.


overstrike

en-noun

overstrike (countable and uncountable, plural overstrikes)

/ˈəʊvəstɹʌɪk/

/əʊvəˈstɹʌɪk/

(numismatics) A coin that has been overstruck, i.e. coined more than once.


overdate

(numismatics) A coin in which one date is superimposed over traces of another (due to reuse of a die)


new shekel

new shekel (plural new shekels or new shekalim)

new shekels (plural)
new shekalim (plural)
new sheqel (alternative)

A calque of Hebrew שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ (shékel chadásh).

cal

שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ

(numismatics) The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.


louis d'or

en-noun

louis d'or (plural louis d'or or louis d'ors)

louis d'or (plural)
louis d'ors (plural)
louis-d'or (alternative)
Louis d'or (alternative)
Louis-d'or (alternative)

/ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/

/ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/

Borrowed from French louis d’or (literally “golden louis”).

bor+

They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.

1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266:

It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

(historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.

لُوِيس ذَهَبِي

any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII


reichsmark

Unadapted borrowing from German Reichsmark.

ubor

(historical, numismatics) The monetary unit in Germany between 1924 and 1948.


jugata

Latin, neuter plural of iugatus (“joined”).

Obv. Inscription to left, LINCOLN &; to right, HAMLIN; center, jugata busts to left of Lincoln and Hamlin with FB SMITH F. (engraver) below, all enclosed by palm wreath.

1959, John Doyle DeWitt, A century of campaign buttons, 1789-1889:

(numismatics, sometimes postnominal) Side by side or joined.


spesmilo

en-noun

spesmilo (plural spesmiloj or spesmilos)

We shall be delighted to relieve you of a pair of spesmiloj, alie a dollar, and will use your money to create more Esperanto enthusiasm.

1907 October, “Remarks”, in Arthur Baker, editor, Amerika Esperantisto [American Esperantist], volume 2, number 3, Chicago, Ill.: American Esperantist Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57:

To convert spesmiloj and spesoj readily into pence, divide by 4, disregarding the third figure to the right of the comma or decimal point (which figure is not always written).

1918, Maurice Hyde, “The International Money Unit”, in The Esperanto Guide: A Complete Manual of the International Language for English-Speaking People, Melbourne, Vic.: Specialty Press, →OCLC, page 196:

They agree to repay the cost, together with the postage, of any article of consequence bought on their behalf,—cost to be stated in spesmiloj (half dollars).

1919 February, “Office Notes”, in Amerika Esperantisto: American Esperantist, volume 23, number 6, West Newton, Mass.: American Esperantist Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:

As thus used by Esperantists before the First World War, the spesmilo equalled 50 American cents, 1 Russian rouble, or 2½ Swiss francs. Coins worth 1 and 2 spesmiloj were struck for Saussure in 1912.

1987, Adrian Room, “spesmilo”, in Dictionary of Coin Names, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 202:

The organization that followed on his creation included ideas for a universal government that would prevent war as well as a universal currency. As a result of this idea, in 1912 silver pattern coins were struck in the denominations of one spesmilo and two spesmiloj.

2012 November–December, Peter Horvitz, “Esperanto: New Language Challenges Fascism in the Spanish Civil War”, in Andrew Perala, editor, The Shekel, volume XLV, number 6 (246 overall), Fountain Hills, Ariz.: American Israel Numismatic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:

(numismatics) An obsolete unit of Esperanto international currency (symbol ⟨₷⟩ or ⟨Sm⟩).


dodrans

(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth three quarters of an as.


ambrosin

From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan.

(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.

ambrosin

early coin of the Duchy of Milan, bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose


abbasi

abbasis (plural)
abassis (alternative)
abas (alternative)
abassi (alternative)

From Persian عباسی ('abbâsi); see for more. Doublet of abazi.

(numismatics) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.

(numismatics) An Afghan bronze coin from the early 20th century, equivalent to four shahi.


adarme

From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.

bor

<small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₆</small> Spanish ounce, peso

doublet

(numismatics) Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.


mintless

a mintless coin


quarter farthing

en-noun

quarter farthing (plural quarter farthings)

quarter farthings (plural)
quarter-farthing (alternative)

[‘]The score, however, was only 10 thalers, 4 groschen, 6 pfennigs’ (30 shillings, 5 pence, and 2 or perhaps 3 quarter-farthings), ‘for what I had run-up in eight weeks[.]’

1750 June–August, Thomas Carlyle, in The Works of Thomas Carlyle III (2010), ed. Henry Duff Traill, page 257

(historical numismatics) A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.

quart de farthing

former British coin denominated to ⅟₁₆d.


luigino

/ˌluːiːˈd͡ʒiːnəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian luigino, from luigi (“louis”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).

(historical numismatics) An imitation coin, based on the French petit louis, once used mostly as an ornament.

Really, how often do you need to figure out how many Seborga luiginos are equal to 800 Uzbekistan soms?

2010, David A. Crowder, Building a Web Site For Dummies, page 266:

And in tiny, proud Seborga, pockets bulging with luiginos, His Tremendousness makes his way along the cobbles, singing to himself, in the words of the old patriotic hymn […].

2009, Travel & Leisure, volume 39, page 111:

(numismatics) The local currency of the internationally unrecognised micronation of Seborga, in northeastern Italy.


three halfpence

head

three halfpence (sometimes a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny, sometimes singular, plural three halfpences)

three halfpences (plural)
three-halfpence (alternative)
three ha'pence (alternative)
three-ha'pence (alternative)
three halfpennies (alternative)
three-halfpennies (alternative)
three ha'pennies (alternative)
three-ha'pennies (alternative)
three halfpenny (alternative)
three-halfpenny (alternative)

(historical numismatics) A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):

Such an English coin (1½d.), minted 1561–1582.

Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).


thirteener

thirteeners (plural)
Thirteener (alternative)

From thirteen + -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply).

affix

oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander

Upon their return from Ireland, vvhere they collected ſome thirteeners for vvhich they had not given the intrinſic value, ſhillings, they made their appearance at Tenby, in Pembrokeſhire, on a pretended tour of pleaſure.

1782, Genuine Memoirs of the Lives of George and Joseph Weston, who were Executed September 3d. 1782. The First for Forgery; the Latter for Shooting at John Davis, and Wounding Him in Cock-Lane: […], 4th edition, London: […] John Walker, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:

["]A gintleman once said to me: 'Here, Pat, yer sowl, you look hungry. Here's a thirteener for yez; go and get drunk wid it.' Och, no, your honour, he wasn't an Irish gentleman; it was afther mocking me he was, God save him." […] On my asking the boy if he felt hurt at the mockery, he answered, slily, with all his air of simplicity, "Sure, thin, wasn't there the shillin'! For it was a shillin' he gave me, glory be to God. No, I niver heard it called a thirteener before, but mother has.["]

1851, Henry Mayhew, “Of the Street-seller of Crackers and Detonating Balls”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 434, column 1:

[T]he woman banged a shilling down upon the table, crying, "Arrah, my honey, with this thirteener, won't I sit in the gallery, and won't your Royal Grace give me a curtsey—and won't I give your Royal Highness a howl and a hiss into the bargain!"

1877 October, [Henry Barton Baker], “Our Old Actors. Mrs. [Dorothea] Jordan.”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume LI, London: Richard Bentley & Son, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers; Paris: Galignani, →OCLC, page 182:

(numismatics, dated) A coin worth thirteenpence, especially an Irish shilling (as contrasted with a British shilling which was worth twelvepence).


crockard

crockards (plural)
crokard (alternative)
crocard (alternative)
crocarde (alternative)

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include:
* that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.
* that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).
* that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

der

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.


misstrike

misstrikes (plural)
mis-strike (alternative)

How much should an odd or unusual coin vary from the ordinary run to merit recognition as a misstrike or genuine accidental variety? […] Although die breaks are not considered by many as true oddities, other collectors are inclined to include them as freaks or errors belonging to the misstrike family.

1974, Brad Mills, chapter 16, in The Official Guide to Coin Collecting, New York: House of Collectibles, page 112:

(numismatics) A coin or medal with an irregularity, defect or error.


accolated

an accolated shilling

(numismatics) Containing two or more profile heads so arranged that one partially overlaps the next.


double napoleon

en-noun

double napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural double napoleons)

double napoleons (plural)
Double Napoleon (alternative)
double Napoleon (alternative)

From its value of twice the 20-franc napoleon.

(countable, historical numismatics, slang) A former 40-franc gold coin issued by France.


coin die

(numismatics) Any of the (usually metal) stamps used in pairs during hammered coining to strike impressions of designs onto their obverse and reverse faces.

Münzstempel

stamp used in hammered coining to strike impressions onto coins


stephening

(numismatics, historical, obsolete) Alternative form of steeping


steping

(numismatics, historical) Obsolete form of steeping.


kobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


grossetto

/ɡɹoʊˈsɛtoʊ/

/ɡɹəʊˈsɛtəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian grossetto, diminutive of grosso.

A copper piece, called the grossetto, and resembling the grosso in character and design, but having on the reverse the legend TIBI LAVS & GLORIA, made its first appearance under the Doge Veniero (1383-1400) and at a later period we find the half-grossetto (1523-38).

Probably the best-known example of this is the grosso, with its varieties, the grossetto and the grossone; these names can of course be traced to the numi grossi, i. e., thick coins, or large denarii originally struck in Bohemia in the thirteenth century.

1917, “The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Those Interested in Coins, Medals, and Paper Money”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 30:

However, six years after his death a new double grosso was introduced; from this point on the term grossone would be used for the new large coin, and grossetto for the normal grosso.

2013, Benjamin Arbel, Intercultural Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean:

(historical, numismatics) An Italian coin of the fourteenth century.


half eagle

(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of five dollars, formerly used in the United States, one-half the value of the US eagle coin.


prooflike

en-adj

prooflike (comparative more prooflike, superlative most prooflike)

more prooflike (comparative)
most prooflike (superlative)

(numismatics) Of a coin: highly reflective, like the first batch struck from a new die.


undertype

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undertype.wav

(numismatics) The type of coin used as a blank in the creation of a new coin.


XF

(numismatics slang) Initialism of extremely fine.


double-headed

(numismatics) Of a coin, having a head on both sides, especially when counterfeited by being constructed from two separate coins.


silbergroschen

en-noun

silbergroschen (plural silbergroschens or silbergroschen)

silbergroschens (plural)
silbergroschen (plural)

German Confederation
German Confederation

(numismatics) A coin used in Prussia and several other German Confederation states in northern Germany during the 19th century, worth one thirtieth of a thaler.


quarter sovereign

quarter sovereign (plural quarter sovereigns)

(numismatics) A British gold bullion and collectors' coin with a face value of 25 pence; it is issued by the Royal Mint since 2009.


constitutional silver

Have started hearing the term "Constitutional Silver" or "Constitutional Gold" for pre-64 silver and pre-33 gold.

2020 April 10, philographer, “When Did The Term "Constitutional Silver" Come About?”, in Collectors Universe Message Boards:

Hmmm... I've searched around a little bit, and it seems like "constitutional silver" is just a marketing term.

2021 January 16, The Eidolon, “What is “Constitutional Silver”?”, in CoinTalk:

2024 April 20, Street_Marsupial9809, “Thoughts on purchasing junk constitutional silver?”, in Reddit:

Yes - that's what you see in the picture, but I prefer the term "constitutional silver" because the real "junk" is actually the non-silver coins that replaced the silver coins.

2024 May 29, Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble), Twitter:

(numismatics) Silver American quarters, dimes, and half dollars, minted prior to 1965.


die cap

(numismatics) A coin minting error in which a coin sticks to the die, and upon striking the next blank, takes on a shape resembling a bottle cap.


brown mint

brown mint (countable and uncountable, plural brown mints)

(numismatics, Australia, historical) The Whitty & Brown Penny token, which was minted in Sydney around 1860.


silver stater with a turtle

(historical, Ancient Greece, numismatics) An ancient silver coin, specifically a stater from Aegina, featuring a sea turtle design on its obverse.