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Definition of Minters
1. minter [n] - See also: minter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minters
Literary usage of Minters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winchester by George William Kitchin (1890)
"... building of Hyde Abbey—William Giffard as Bishop —His quarrel with the monks
of St. Swithun—His latter end —Punishment of minters. ..."
2. Winchester by George William Kitchin (1890)
"... latter end —Punishment of minters. WHEN the Conqueror sent his commissioners
through England he purposely omitted the two capitals. ..."
3. Maine Pioneer Settlements by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1909)
"speaks of them as minters of wampum. This wampum was the currency of the Indian,
and he says, "They forme out of the inmost wreaths of Periwinkle-shells" ..."
4. The Domesday Boroughs by Adolphus Ballard (1904)
"In some cases the minters' payments to the king were made only when new dies were
issued : at Worcester, When money was coined, each minter gave to the King ..."
5. A history of Shrewsbury [by H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway]. by Hugh Owen, John Brickdale Blakeway (1825)
"Shrewsbury, we see, had three minters. The cause of this relaxation may be found
... In order to prevent the confusion which such a multiplicity of minters ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1826)
"... the monies struck at their mints, I see not that they were prohibited from
putting some mark to distinguish them from those issued by the regal minters. ..."
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