COIN

(MONEY) [noun] [U] - a small round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, which is used as moneya 10p/ten pence coin [C]a pound coin [C]a ten-cent coin [C]gold coins [C]I asked for ten pounds in 20p coins. [C]I've got too many coins in my pocket. [C]That machine won't take 50p coins. [C]Several shops had been fooled by the counterfeit coins. [C]The charters granted the royal privilege of minting (= producing) coins to an ecclesiastical institution in Saxony. [C]Paper money replaced all but smaller denominations (= values) of coin. [U]