The Collaborative International Dictionary
Free coinage
Free coinage \Free coinage\ In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender coins for any person who chooses to bring it to the mint; in a modified sense, such coinage when done at a fixed charge proportionate to the cost of the operation.
Usage examples of "free coinage".
In the agonizing sheep wars of his later years he naturally favored extermination of the sheepmen, but in the battle for free coinage of silver he sided with the little man, for he better than most understood how the west was being strangled by eastern bankers and railroad men who held the nation to the gold standard.
It was to embody a sermon in intrinsic value and a tract favoring the free coinage of silver!