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A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

ˈkoɪ̯nDocumented since 1700sSilenthistoricalCurrent152 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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Born ~1703 · 1 year of recorded use
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📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand

Written coign Nhb.1 Wm. Also in form quint- Glo.1 [koin, kwain.]

Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)

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#1·Apr 26, 2026US

A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

She spent some serious coin on that car!
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#2·Apr 26, 2026US

(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.

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  • “EB Coin dev bag now 53 million coins Built up an extra 3 million coins to the dev wallet and still up 3,62% just by buying low and selling high You Never Know 😉 More info on our EB Coin page @ The Network www.adsearnnetwork.com/ebcoin.php”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I believe the price is one shabby human soul each, which many don't have the coin to cover”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#Dogwifhat Explodes 25%—Is This Meme Coin Rally Just Getting Started? $WIF chainaffairs.com/dogwifhat-ex...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “LE 06-05-2026 08:05 - L'ACTU CRYPTO - JOURNAL DU COIN. De l’électricité gaspillée au Bitcoin : Le pari énergétique qui pourrait transformer l’Amérique latine - https://journalducoin.com/bitcoin/electricite-gaspillee-bitcoin-amerique-latine/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It was truly an honor to receive the Ramapo College of New Jersey Challenge Coin from President Cindy Jebb at the beautiful Salameno Spiritual Center. 🫶🏼🪙 Meeting President Jebb and accepting this special token of appreciation from the College was a genuine highlight.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026US

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

Origin: thumb|right|An Ancient Greek coin, circa 315–308 BC, made of silver thumb|An English coin, 1703, made of gold From , from , from . . See also cornerstone. Displaced , from (whence modern ), which was derived from. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Seyed Mohsen Moosavi Khansari: Entanglement-Enhanced Information Dynamics in Triple-Coin Discrete-Time Quantum Walks https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02155 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02155 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02155”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “LE 05-05-2026, VA AU COIN! (https://vaaucoin.micro.blog/). L’ACTU CRYPTO - CRYPTOLYSE YOUTUBE. Faut-il ACHETER maintenant ? - www.youtube.com/watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FdlkBaqNXs) - 05-05-2026 06:57”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Storage up, Apple raising prices, oil spiking on geopolitics, yet retail investors see dips as buying opportunities. Is market complacency the real risk here? #Storage $AAPL $MU $SNDK $NBIS $HOOD $COIN $CRCL open.substack.com/pub/frontier...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The rumour that Kirby Air Riders was a "request" by Sakurai would make this the other side of that coin, but that isn't how Nintendo does things. If this is a good rumour, we will know in 6 weeks.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Sat here and said $BTC was looking good and didn’t take $COIN $CRCL $MSTR All of which were BANGERS. Maybe next time.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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