SEIGNIORAGES
- SEIGNIORAGE [n]
- SEIGNIORAGE, a government revenue from the manufacture of coins calculated as the difference between the monetary and the bullion value of the silver contained in silver coins [n]
- Profit made by a government by issuing currency, esp. the difference between the face value of coins and their production costs
- The Crown's right to a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining
- A thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative