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A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.

The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.

Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.

To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. "Let him pass for a man." Shak. False eloquence passeth only where true…

which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. Fairholt.

An Italian silver coin. See Paolo.

An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius).

A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.

A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.

A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.

A collector or coiner of phrases.

A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.…

A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit. [Local, U.S.]

A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent. Malcom.

A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.

The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. Cross and pile. See under Cross. -- Dry pile. See under Dry.

orange. -- Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. -- Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. -- Pine weevil (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several specie…

An old Spanish silver coin of the value of about twenty cents.