Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COIN'AGE, or COIN'ING, n.

1. The act, art or practice of stamping money. – Arbuthnot.
2. Coin; money coined; stamped and legitimated metal for a circulating medium.
3. Coins of a particular stamp; as, the coinage of George III.
4. The charges or expense of coining money.
5. A making; new production; formation; as, the coinage of words.
6. Invention; forgery; fabrication. This is the very coinage of your brain. – Shak.