uncoined

/ ʌnˈkɔɪnd /

adjective

The precious metals gained preference as a universal money commodity, but still uncoined and exchanged merely by dead weight.

The coined bronze is worth six times as much as the uncoined.

They actually both talked to her as if she wished for solid, uncoined lumps of silver.

He sent me also five chests of excellent sweetmeats, and a hundred pieces of gold uncoined, not quite so large as moidores.

Stoffel Brinkerhoff made great spoil of oysters and clams, coined and uncoined, and then set out on his return to the Manhattoes.

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