coindication (koindikashon)

[ There is reason to believe that the reproach against Frederick of being a false coiner arose from his adopting the Eastern device of plating copper pieces to pa for silver. J. A. Symonds , Italy and Greece, p. 161. Specifically-2. A maker of base or counterfeit coins; a counterfeiter. My father was I know not where When I was stamp'd; some coiner with his tools Made me a counterfeit. Shak ., Cymbeline, ii. 5. 3. An inventor or maker, as of words. Dionysius a coiner of etymologies. Camden , Remains. [ co -1 +