minting

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The process by which coins and other forms of money are produced.

   The minting of the new commemorative coins began last spring.

   A small mistake during minting can make a single coin valuable to collectors.

   Similarcoinage, striking

   Note

   The process can also be counted. A minting may be one production run among several, so a coin issued in batches has several mintings. Don McNeil's Epidemiological Research Methods (1996) asks whether the silver content differs across four of them. Use the plural for distinct issues and keep the uncountable form, usually followed by of, for the process itself.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of mint.

   The treasury is minting a special edition to mark the anniversary.

   By 1850 the facility was minting millions of coins every year.

   Note

   One spelling serves every verb called mint. It covers striking coins, inventing something (minting a new phrase) and creating a crypto token. It also covers the Scots and northern English verb meaning to try, take aim, or hint. As a gerund it still behaves like a verb and takes a direct object, as in minting coins. The noun for coin production takes of instead: the minting of coins.

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