A person or factory that makes coins; historically, someone authorized to mint currency.
From coin + maker (from Old English macian). Combines the word for stamped currency with the agent noun for one who makes things. Used since medieval times for authorized minters.
Coinmakers used to be extremely powerful people—governments trusted only a few to make currency because counterfeiting was a hanging offense. The job required such precision that coinmakers were often among the most skilled metalworkers in the kingdom.
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