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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2152818, member: 112&quot;]Not accurate ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, therein lies the problem. You see, it is not MY qualifier, that definition - a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money -&nbsp; is verbatim from the dictionary.&nbsp; <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coin?s=t" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coin?s=t" rel="nofollow">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coin?s=t</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>So you&#039;re arguing your point with the dictionary, not with me. You are doing exactly what I previously mentioned - the interjection of people&#039;s personal definitions for words as opposed to those already established definitions - you are ignoring and changing the established definition of a word to suit your own purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to definitions you don&#039;t get to pick and choose the parts of the definition that you want to use, you must use all of it, otherwise you are using the word incorrectly. </p><p><br /></p><p>And if you want to ask the question what about other dictionaries because different dictionaries have different definitions, here&#039;s a couple more. From the Oxford dictionary: coin - A flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.&nbsp; From the Merriam Webster dictionary: coin - a small, flat, and usually round piece of metal issued by a government as money. From the American Heritage Dictionary: coin - A small piece of metal, usually flat and circular, authorized by a government for use as money.</p><p><br /></p><p>They all say the same thing, that IS the definition of a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>What you are doing is saying well I don&#039;t like that definition so I&#039;m going to use my own. If I want to call this item a coin then I&#039;m going to call it a coin, even though, by definition, it really isn&#039;t a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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