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Noun: mintage  min-tij
  1. Act or process of minting coins
    "The royal mint's annual mintage included commemorative coins"
     
  2. Coins collectively
    "The merchant insisted on payment in mintage rather than paper money";
    - coinage, specie, metal money
     
  3. Fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
    "The mintage costs for the new commemorative coin were higher than expected"

Derived forms: mintages

Type of: craft, currency, fee, trade