copper coin

collocation in English

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copper
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.ər/us
/ˈkɑː.pɚ/
a chemical element that is a reddish-brown metal, used especially for making wire ...
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coin
noun
uk
/kɔɪn/us
/kɔɪn/
a small, round piece of metal, usually silver or copper coloured, that is used ...
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(Definition ofcopperandcoinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But it is difficult to transact business usingcoppercoinsince the coins in circulation are so heterogeneous.
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With regard to the time correspondence, another related issue that must be attended to is the circulation ofcoppercoin.
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Latercoppercoinand silver were employed in equal proportion.
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Metal currency circulation during the medieval period, for example, was fundamentally copper coinage, whereas in the early modern period there was simultaneous usage of gold, silver, andcoppercoin.
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Under this clause we should have silver, nickel or evencoppercoinwhich is not legal tender.
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Would it not be a matter of very great convenience to have a commoncoppercoinwhich took the place of the old ld.
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Some have lost an arm, or a leg, or perhaps been even more severely injured, but have received not acoppercoinas compensation.
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There is nothing at all for them; not one singlecoppercoinunless they can show a substantial period of work in addition to their seasonal work.
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How is a man digging in the ground to know about the archaeological or cultural importance, let us say, of acoppercoinwhich he turns up?
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My fellow trade unionists in the pits and elsewhere collected £2,800 for him, because he did not get acoppercoinfrom the courts for the loss of his limbs.
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After 1140 the circulation of thecoppercoinromesina stopped and it was replaced by the follaris.
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Finger nail is 2.5,coppercoinis 3.5, glass is 5.5 and steel is 6.5.
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Thiscoppercoinwas legal tender to one peso fuerte.
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The zinc core is coated with a thin layer of copper to give the impression of acoppercoin.
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Law 208 also authorized the minting of 20,000 pesos incoppercoin, but only about 500 pesos in coins, dated 1840, were actually produced.
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But a large quantity of debasedcoppercoinalso circulated.
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A quatty was a smallcoppercoinof very small value.
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From 1793 to 1857, the cent was acoppercoinabout the size of a half dollar.
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Until the 19th century, coins denominated in wen were cast, the most common formation being the round-shapedcoppercoinwith a square or circular hole in the centre.
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In recent years one foreign coin is worth 1,000 standard copper coins.
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