The word coin supports various uses in our language.
One of the most widespread allows us through it to express the act of printing and stamping a piece of metal from a die or die. The die or stamp is a steel mold that has a bas-relief engraving of the figure to be struck. It is a widely used action at the request of the minting of coins.
Coinage is the certification of a specific piece, whether made of metal, porcelain, leather, or any other material, from the imposition of a distinctive or signals that refer it, for which it will be printed on the piece in question a special value.
In the 5th century BC. the ruler Croesus He promoted high-purity and government-certified mints, although of course, the elementality of the elements of those times called for forgery, a practice that lasted even in the Middle Ages. It was not until the 15th century and later with the Industrial Revolution that weight and stability could be added to the minting process.
Then, the process from which a currency corresponding to a certain country, region, or community is manufactured, issued and put into circulation, is known as minting.
And the other of the uses that the word also has is given at the behest of the field of language and communication, since in it it is designated as coining the creation or attribution of the form that is given to words or expressions, especially when they achieve widespread use in language and also remain over time.
