mint markn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪntmɑːk/, U.S.

/ˈmɪntˌmɑrk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mint n.¹, mark n.¹

Etymology: < mint n.¹ + mark n.¹

A mark on a coin indicating the mint at which it was produced. Also figurative.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > mint-mark

mint mark1726

mint stamp1817

1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 59 Throgmorton's Mint in the Tower [has] an O or Ton for the Mint Mark.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 167/2 Mint-Marks.

1826 E. Hawkins Anglo-Gallic Coins 87 (note) The mint mark is a cross patonce.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 226 What can the loyal poet do, but..impress it with the mint-mark of his own devoted fancy?

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. i. vi. 49 There is on this coin a small figure of Æsculapius, a sort of mint mark.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 108 That spontaneousness which is the mint-mark of all sterling speech.

1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 20 The 1875 dime will be found to have a very small ‘H’ on the reverse side at the bottom. This is a mint mark.

1992 Numismatist Mar. 351/1 Why produce a half dozen different coins, when the market would be just as happy with a half dozen mintmarks?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mint mark
释义	mint markn. Brit. /ˈmɪntmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈmɪntˌmɑrk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mint n.¹, mark n.¹ Etymology: < mint n.¹ + mark n.¹ A mark on a coin indicating the mint at which it was produced. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > mint-mark mint mark1726 mint stamp1817 1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 59 Throgmorton's Mint in the Tower [has] an O or Ton for the Mint Mark. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 167/2 Mint-Marks. 1826 E. Hawkins Anglo-Gallic Coins 87 (note) The mint mark is a cross patonce. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 226 What can the loyal poet do, but..impress it with the mint-mark of his own devoted fancy? 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. i. vi. 49 There is on this coin a small figure of Æsculapius, a sort of mint mark. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 108 That spontaneousness which is the mint-mark of all sterling speech. 1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 20 The 1875 dime will be found to have a very small ‘H’ on the reverse side at the bottom. This is a mint mark. 1992 Numismatist Mar. 351/1 Why produce a half dozen different coins, when the market would be just as happy with a half dozen mintmarks? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1726
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