coinage

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The coinage is a nod to Brünnhilde, a soprano role stereotypically portrayed as a robust figure in a horned helmet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Dr Blackwell said there was virtually no documentary sources that explained how coinage was produced in Scotland.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The Royal Mint, based in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales, has made the circulating coinage of each of Britain’s monarchs since Alfred the Great, Ms Morgan said.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Some large plaques also pay tribute to historic events such as the last stagecoach robbery in Kern County in 1869, in which a gunman made off with $1,700 in coinage and gold bullion.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

Hence the effect on society is catastrophic when state government collapses, as happened in Britain upon the removal of Roman troops, administrators, and coinage between A.D.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond