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Date: 1802

"[H]e did boast he had made his fortune by the coinage of his own brain, by Radix Rheno, I did think he laid, by coining ready rhino"

— Reynolds, Frederick (1764-1841)

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Date: 1805

"Still is it the false coinage of my fears?"

— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

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Date: 1813

"No, my generous friend, the Admiral's heart is gold, and I might coin it"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

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