Coin
The word Coin (from the Latin-American-English coin for the “ coin ” or a “ coinage ”; via the old French coigne for the “ piece of (money) ”; Latin cuneus ; and the English quoin for a “(stone) Corner ") stands for:
- Coins and other honors in geocaching , see Geocoin
- the short form for a possible ( virtual ) currency, see Bitcoin
It also stands for:
- the name of an Italian department store chain, see Coin SpA
- Counterinsurgency ( COIN ), see counterinsurgency
Coin is also the name of several places :
- in the United States of America:
- Coin (Arkansas)
- Coin (Iowa)
- Coin (Kentucky)
- Coin, Minnesota , in Kanabec County
- Coin (Nevada)
- in France:
- in Spain:
- a municipality in the Spanish province of Málaga, see Coín
And also the family name of:
- Christophe Coin (* 1958), French cellist
- Julie Coin (* 1982), French tennis player
See also:
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