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Coinage — may refer to: coins, standardized as currency neologism, coinage of a new word COINage, numismatics magazine Tin coinage, a tax on refined tin ancestry Coinage, a board game See also Coining (disambiguation) Coin (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Tin Duties Act 1838 — The Tin Duties Act 1838 (also known as the Coinage Abolition Act) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 1 2 Vict c. 120) which abolished the coinage taxation system of the tin mines in Devon and the Cornwall, and authorized… … Wikipedia
Coinage metals — The coinage metals comprise, at minimum, those metallic chemical elements which have historically been used as components in alloys used to mint coins. The term is not perfectly defined, however, since a number of metals have been used to make… … Wikipedia
coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc. * * * … Universalium
coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc … Useful english dictionary
Toll tin — was a term historically used in tin mining in Devon and Cornwall. The holder of a set of tin bounds was required to pay the freeholder of the land on which the bounds had been pitched a portion, called toll tin, of the tin ore (or black tin)… … Wikipedia
Farm tin — was one of a number of payments required of tin miners in Devon and Cornwall. The holder of a mining sett was required to pay a portion of the black tin extracted to the holder of the tin bounds in which the sett was granted. The portion was the… … Wikipedia
Ancient Chinese coinage — Ancient Chinese coins Chinese coins were produced continuously for around 2,500 years by casting in moulds, rather than being struck with dies as with most western coins. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Blanching (coinage) — Blanching is the whitening of metal, by various means, such as soaking in acid or by coating with tin. This term is commonly used in coinage, in which pieces are given a lustre and brilliance before images are struck into the surface.The ancient… … Wikipedia
Stannary — The word stannary is historically applied to: *A tin mine, especially in Devon or Cornwall *A region containing tin works (mines and refineries, assay offices, etc.) *A chartered entity comprising such a region, its works, and its workers *The… … Wikipedia
