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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1602-1695
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Coinȝie-hous(e, n. Also: coynȝiehous, coyneȝiehous. Later forms of Cunȝe-hous. — 1602 Criminal Trials II. ii. 399.
James Lethingtoune, juster in the Coinȝie-hous 1620 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 329.
The maister of the Coinȝiehous 1631 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 330.
That the whole bulȝeoun be ressauit [be] the maister of the coynȝiehous frome the merchandis 1641 Acts (1817) V. 396/1.
The maister of the coynȝiehous 1641 Compt of Coynehous MS. 3.
George Foulis, generall of his Majesties coyneȝiehous 1660 Greyfriars Interments 134.
The smith in the coinȝihouse, his child 1695 Annandale Corr. 102.
On Clerk who made the stamps in the coinȝie house
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