[koi-nij] 
| 1. | the act, process, or right of making coins. |
| 2. | the categories, types, or quantity of coins issued by a nation. |
| 3. | coins collectively; currency. |
| 4. | the act or process of inventing words; neologizing. |
| 5. | an invented or newly created word or phrase: “Ecdysiast” is a coinage of H. L. Mencken. |
| 6. | anything made, invented, or fabricated. |
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