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单词 king's coin
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king's coin
king's coin n. now archaic or historical (chiefly with the) (originally) †the image of a king stamped on a coin (obsolete); (later) the official coined currency during the reign of a king.
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c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iv. l. 113 (MED) And alle rome renneris..Bere no siluer ouer se..Neiþer grotis ne gold ygraue wiþ kinges coyn.
1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §12. m. 13 Almaner of pens..havyng the prynt of the kynges coyne shall have cours and be curraunt for payment.
1628 H. Burton Seuen Vials 36 If a man take the Kings coyne, and beate it into a thinne leafe, vsing it only to guild over brasse,..what good subiect of the King will take it for currant.
1764 T. Brecknock Droit le Roy 47 To counterfeit the king's coin, is declared high treason.
1837 Penal Code prepared by Indian Law Commissioners (Indian Law Comm.) Notes 47 We think that the King's coin should have the same protection which is given to the coin of the local Government.
1905 J. S. Vaughan Faith & Folly (ed. 2) 309 As late as the reign of King Charles II. men were sometimes boiled alive for clipping the king's coin.
2014 S. Harvey Domesday ii. vi. 135 Whilst the possession of a mint was granted occasionally to the highly privileged, it was always the king's coin that was minted.
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