head - (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"

obverse - the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design

verso, reverse - the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

coinage, metal money, mintage, specie - coins collectively

change - coins of small denomination regarded collectively; "he had a pocketful of change"

bawbee - an old Scottish coin of little value

bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

denier - any of various former European coins of different denominations

ducat - formerly a gold coin of various European countries

real - an old small silver Spanish coin

piece of eight - an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales

shilling - an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

crown - an English coin worth 5 shillings

half crown - an English coin worth half a crown

dime - a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

nickel - a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

quarter - a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

fifty-cent piece, half dollar - a United States coin worth half of a dollar

ha'penny, halfpenny - an English coin worth half a penny

cent, centime, penny - a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

tenpence - a decimal coin worth ten pennies

tuppence, twopence - a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies

threepence - former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies

fourpence, groat - a former English silver coin worth four pennies

fivepence - a five-cent piece

sixpence, tanner - a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

eightpence - a coin worth eight pennies

ninepence - a coin worth nine pennies

dollar - a United States coin worth one dollar; "the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States"

double eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars

eagle - a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars

half eagle - a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars

guinea - a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

farthing - a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

doubloon - a former Spanish gold coin

louis d'or - a former French gold coin

medallion - any of various large ancient Greek coins

stater - any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece

sou - a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; "he hasn't a sou to his name"

Maundy money - specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday

create verbally - create with or from words

sloganeer - coin new slogans

create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch