recoin
Restrike old currency
To recoin is to mint coins again, typically melting down existing currency to produce new coins with different designs, denominations, or metal content.
Governments recoin when currency wears out or when monetary standards change.
Figuratively, to recoin a word or phrase is to give it new form or meaning: Each generation recoins the language it inherits.
Study of currency
- remintReforge currency metal
- restrikeCoin made from old dies
- dieStop being alive
- planchetUnstamped coin disc
mintmark · bullion · striking · engraving · press · alloy · smelting · assay
Newly created expression
- redefineAssign fresh meaning
- rebrandChange commercial identity
- renameAssign a different title
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
reframe · repurpose · etymology · semantics · lexicography · vernacular · loanword · portmanteau
Currency for transactions
- coinsMetal money units
- banknotesPaper currency notes
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
monetary · revaluation · redenomination · exchange · demonetization · inflation · deflation · economy
numismatics
Study of currency
planchet · mintmark · bullion · striking · engraving · press · alloy · smelting · assay · ingot
neologism
Newly created expression
terminology · reframe · repurpose · etymology · semantics · lexicography · vernacular · loanword · portmanteau · morphology
money
Currency for transactions
- coinsMetal money units
- banknotesPaper currency notes
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
fiat · monetary · revaluation · redenomination · exchange · demonetization · inflation · deflation · economy · cash
recoindemonetize
Withdraw currency status
melt down · decommission · retire · discontinue · destroy