misminted

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adjective

Of a coin, minted improperly.

OriginEnglish minted ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectivemisminted (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehobbiesOf a coin, minted improperly.

    […] misminted coins or eccentric world records […]

    1987, Enrique Cerdá Olmedo, Edward D. Lipson, Phycomyces
    2 more examples

    "It was a legitimate error coin, but we only saw one,” Abdoo remarked, adding she had no idea how many misminted coins are out there.

    1989, Consumers Digest

    […] five pieces of eight, three brass buttons, and something that was either a misminted shilling or a shard of cow dung.

    2005, Christopher John Farley, Kingston by Starlight: A Novel, Random House Digital, Inc.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishminted
  10. Englishmisminted

From mis- + minted.

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APA

misminted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misminted

MLA

“misminted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misminted. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misminted,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misminted.

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