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Definition of 'coine'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • *{{quote-book|year=1590|author=|title=Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I|chapter=|edition=1921 ed. citation
  • |passage=XXVII And greedy Avarice by him did ride, 235 Upon a Camell[*] loaden all with gold; Two iron coffers hong on either side, With precious mettall full as they might hold; And in his lap an heape of coine he told; For of his wicked pelfe his God he made, 240 And unto hell him selfe for money sold; Accursed usurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide. }} ----