- coin-shaped
- circular and flat as is a coin
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
coin-shaped
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Coin — This article is about monetary coins. For other uses, see Coin (disambiguation). A selection of modern coins … Wikipedia
coin — {{11}}coin (n.) c.1300, a wedge, from O.Fr. coing (12c.) a wedge; stamp; piece of money; corner, angle, from L. cuneus a wedge. The die for stamping metal was wedge shaped, and the English word came to mean thing stamped, a piece of money by late … Etymology dictionary
coin — [14] Latin cuneus meant ‘wedge’ (from it we get cuneiform ‘wedge shaped script’). It passed into Old French as coing or coin, where it developed a variety of new meanings. Primary amongst these was ‘corner stone’ or ‘corner’, a sense preserved in … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
coin — [14] Latin cuneus meant ‘wedge’ (from it we get cuneiform ‘wedge shaped script’). It passed into Old French as coing or coin, where it developed a variety of new meanings. Primary amongst these was ‘corner stone’ or ‘corner’, a sense preserved in … Word origins
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Elongated coin — Elongated coins are coins that have been flattened, stretched and imprinted with a new design with the purpose of creating a commemorative or souvenir token. The collecting of elongated coins is a branch of numismatics. Elongated coins can also… … Wikipedia
Rim (coin) — The rim of a coin is the sharp circular (or otherwise shaped) edge which surrounds the coin design. This is the part which exceeds the area of the die which strikes the coin during production, and as a result is pushed upward and sharpened to… … Wikipedia
Cash (Chinese coin) — A cash (zh cpl|c=方孔錢|p=fāng kǒng qián|l=square holed money, 銅錢 tóng qián copper money, or 銅錢 tóng bì copper currency ) was a type of coin of China and East Asia from the 2nd Century BC until the AD 20th century.TerminologyThe English term cash… … Wikipedia
