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It was resolved, therefore, in 1695, to call in all light money and recoin it.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan

The learned men are all the time trying to recoin them and give them at least partial reality.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Thus does Milton appropriate the wealth of past literature, secure of being able to recoin it with his own image and superscription.

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

Sir Isaac," cried Montague, striking his nervous hands upon the table, "recoin we must.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson