coin money
Also, mint money. Make a great deal of money easily or very quickly. For example, With a monopoly on the market he could coin money, or These highly motivated realtors just about enable the agency to mint money. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.
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How to use coin money in a sentence
Among the few things not granted were gold and silver mines, and the right to coin money.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellOffered to steer me right to coin money the way he was doing.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. StandishIn default of more definite information about the pacing mare, we turned to a farm called "coin money on a Bargain."
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounIn that year also the mint began to coin money from gold-dust, making five, ten and twenty-dollar pieces.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonThink of a sovereign State that can make no treaty, that cannot levy war, that cannot coin money.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
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