Concerning a coin from the near past (6)
I believe the answer is:
recent
'the near past' is the definition.
'recent' can be an answer for 'past' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'the near' bit.
'concerning a coin' is the wordplay.
'concerning' becomes 're' (both can mean on a particular topic).
'a coin' becomes 'cent' (cent is a kind of coin).
're'+'cent'='RECENT'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recent that I've seen before include "Not long ago, a little while back" , "Present day" , "Not long ago, just a little while past" , "Just previous" , "Occurring not long ago" .)