coin money
Example Sentences
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The states maintained the right to govern their residents, while the national government could declare war, coin money, and conduct foreign affairs but little else.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
Furthermore, while the Articles of Confederation had given the national government the power to coin money, they had not prohibited the states from doing so as well.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
And then the Constitution requires Congress “To coin money, regulate the value thereof.”
From Forbes • Jun. 30, 2014
A decade ago, Corinthian Colleges was a Wall Street darling — a company that seemed to be able to coin money from the federal government and from desperate students.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014
He hates it, but he is going to coin money out of it all the same—the viper!”
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
