[med.L. equivalent of OF. coigneur coiner: cf. L. cuneāre to make wedge-shaped.] (See quot.)
1883. Encycl. Brit., XVI. 480/2. The office of cuneator was one of great importance at a time [14th c.] when there existed a multiplicity of mints, since he had the sole charge of all the dies used not only at the mint in the Tower of London but also in the provinces.
