Definition

Noun: 1. The act or process of minting coins: The production of coins in a mint. 2. The fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin: The charge for the official production of coinage. 3. Coins collectively; the output of a mint: The coins produced during a specific period or at a specific place.

Examples

• The mintage of the new commemorative coin will begin next month. (Definition 1)
• The mintage fee for producing gold sovereigns was a significant source of revenue. (Definition 2)
• The total mintage of that rare penny was less than 500,000 pieces. (Definition 3)

Advanced Usage

• "Low mintage": A term used by coin collectors to describe a coin that was produced in very limited quantities, often making it more valuable.
  • Its value is high due to its extremely low mintage.
• "Year of mintage": The specific year a coin was produced, often stamped on the coin itself.
  • The coin's mintage year was 1921.

Variants and Related Words

• Mint (verb): To produce coins by stamping metal.
  • The government decided to mint a new series of coins.
• Mint (noun): The industrial facility where coins are manufactured.
  • The Royal Mint is located in the United Kingdom.
• Coinage (noun): A system of coins in use; the act of inventing a new word or phrase. (Note: This is a broader term that can overlap with "mintage" but also has distinct meanings.)
  • The coinage of new slang terms is constant.

Synonyms

• Coinage (for definition 3)
• Production (for definition 1)
• Output (for definition 3)
• Striking (for definition 1)

Idioms and Phrases

• "A coin of modern mintage": (Figurative) Something new or recently created.
  • That theory is a coin of modern mintage, challenging established ideas.

Noun

1. act or process of minting coins
2. fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
3. coins collectively