# Seigniorage (seigniorage)

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## Definition

In former times and in older publications - the minting fee for the minter (also Münzschroter: the maker of a metal coin) as well as - his precisely fixed fee to the minting lord. - Today, in general, the difference between the cost of manufacturing money and the face value of that money (the profit that results from the difference in the cost of manufacturing money and the face value of that money). In the euro area, the seigniorage for bills is allocated to the ECB and for coins to the individual governments of EMU according to a predefined key - in another sense, seigniorage also refers to the income of a state that finances its expenditures through the monopoly on money issuance in its own hands, i.e. not in the hands of an independent central bank. - Seigniorage, an expression from French, is - like all French words with the suffix -age, -ege, -ment - masculine. It is nevertheless often used femininely in textbooks of Teutonic inanities. - See Ausmünzungsbilanz, Münze, Münzregal, Regionalgeld, Schlagschatz. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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