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单词 recoinage
释义

recoinagen.

Brit. /ˌriːˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/, U.S. /riˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/
Forms: see re- prefix and coinage n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, coinage n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + coinage n., after recoin v.
Now chiefly historical.
The action or process of recoining money; an instance of this.
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restrike1875
overstrike1932
overstriking1943
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 216 The Recoinage of Groats and Halfe-groats, now Twelue-pences and Six-pences.
1699 I. Newton et al. Let. 8 Apr. in I. Newton Corr. (1967) IV. 309 Mr Hoare..did..serve the Crown in the Office of Comptroller of the Mint & during the late Recoynage.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4366/2 After the Recoinage, each Piece of Money is to receive a Denomination much above the..Value it bears at present.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 244 Before the late re-coinage, the gold coin was a good deal defaced. View more context for this quotation
1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law II. iv. ii. 94 A diminution of nearly fifty per cent. on the money already reduced in value by a previous recoinage.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 29 Apr. 7/2 The dislike of Mr. Childers's recoinage scheme.
1932 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 95 336 The metallic currency had fallen into a desperate state. There had been no recoinage of silver since 1601 and there were no good coins in circulation.
2002 Coin News Apr. 27/1 To carry out this great recoinage Henry [II] needed to mobilize and reorganise the mints and moneyers of England.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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