I will tell you. First, he comes regularly to take his rights of seigniorage, his rents, his taxes, his fourths of all the produce of his vineyards and arable lands on our Côte d'Or.
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Seigniorage
//ˈseɪnjəɹɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "seigniorage"
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Translations
7 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- seigneuriage noun (money earned from minting)
German
3 entries- Münzgewinn noun (money earned from minting)
- Münzprägegewinn noun (money earned from minting)
- Seigniorage noun (money earned from minting)
Italian
2 entries- signoraggio noun (revenue from vassals)
- signoraggio noun (money earned from minting)
Polish
1 entries- senioraż noun (money earned from difference on interest)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
If Government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holder, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called levying a seigniorage), the coin will rise, to the extent of the seigniorage, above the value of the bullion.
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The old kingly prerogative of altering the coinage was taken away, the unit of the currency was declared definite and unchangeable, and the seigniorage on minting was abolished.
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As a result of the lower than expected production, the mint has halved the amount it provides to government coffers through seigniorage, which is the difference between the face value of a coin sold to the banks and its cost of production.
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