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Ancient Roman currency minter
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moneyer
Word definitions for moneyer in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A moneyer is a private individual who is officially permitted to mint money . Usually the rights to coin money are bestowed as a concession by a state or government. Moneyers have a long tradition, dating back at least to ancient Greece . They became most ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a skilled worker who coins or stamps money [syn: coiner , minter ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) A moneylender. 2 (context historical English) Someone who makes coins; an official minter.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moneyer \Mon"ey*er\, n. [From Money ; cf. OF. monoier, F. monnoayeur, L. monetarius a master of the mint. Cf. Monetary .] A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [Obs. or R.] An authorized coiner of money. --Sir M. Hale. The Company of Moneyers , ...
Usage examples of moneyer.
But such practices, if long continued, would be sure to be discovered by the moneyers, melters, and blanchers.
It is this false moneyer with his gravers and burins who seeks favor with the judge and he is at contriving from cold slag brute in the crucible a face that will pass, an image that will render this residual specie current in the markets where men barter.