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| | * Double - (Numismatic): Definition |
 | | The double Mohur of William IV had a nice reverse, which was a symbol of Lion and a Palm tree... | | | In 1973 inflation rates doubled to 6.3% and peaked at 11.0% in 1974 Inflation slowed to 9.1% in 1975. | | | In only one case was it necessary to restart the alphabet and use a double character. |
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http://www.bestknows.com/numismatic/double.html
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| | British coinage: Information From Answers.com |
| | The first pound coin was introduced in 1983 to replace the Bank of England £1 banknote which was discontinued in 1984 (although the Scottish banks continued producing them for some time afterwards. | | | The others were withdrawn almost immediately but most of those that did have precise equivalents in the new system remained legal tender until they were replaced by smaller coins in the early 1990s. | | | The shilling was also denoted by the slash symbol, also called a solidus for this reason. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/british-coinage
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| | Heraldry and Self-representation in the Middle Ages |
| | English brasses comprised a number of separate pieces, cut from a single sheet of metal, each of which was engraved and set within an indentation (matrix) carved out of the stone slab so that the brass was flush with the surface. | | | These brasses were large rectangular sheets of metal set into a slab, the background between the figures being engraved with diaper-work, heraldic devices or other smaller figures. | | | Geneologies, romances and many official documents were also illuminated and almost invariably embellished with heraldry. |
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http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/herself.htm
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| | * Thaler - (Numismatic): Definition |
| | The Germanic spelling of the silver-dollar size coins from Europe. | | | Thaler The Germanic spelling of the silver-dollar size coins from Europe. | | | BOX-THALER - The variety is usually confined to certain German states, but also found in Savoy, where the coin opens as a box and contains objects inside, sometimes of an erotic complexion... |
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http://www.bestknows.com/numismatic/thaler.html
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| | Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion: Foldout |
| | Edward IV replaced the coin by a noble-angel and introduced the rose-noble – or ryal – worth 10/-. | | | A Greek gold coin used as a model for native coins in the late Bronze Age / Iron Age. | | | A coin worth 6s/8d – or more – introduced by Edward IV in 1464. |
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http://members.aol.com/calderdale/mmc222.html
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| | coin must pass to be sold \par as real is visual examination. | | | Prior to that the groat was the largest coin that could be struck. | | | This \par also lead to thicker coins, milling and edge inscriptions. |
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http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMMERCE/coins-msg.rtf
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| | The DiCamillo Companion - British Money Home Page |
| | The coin was not popular and was replaced the same year as its issue. | | | No Three Halfpence coins were produced after 1582. | | | The coin was produced during James I's third coinage (1619-25). |
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http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/British_Money.html
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| | Historical Coinage Cheatsheet |
| | In general, however, until c.1492 it could be assumed that there was a rough equivalency in purchase power between coins of a similar form. | | | A variety of materials were used to manufacture coins: | | | "Worth" is based on the silver penny, which was, more or less, a standard coin throughout history. |
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http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/history/coin.html
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| | The Coin DOC's Answer Archive #4 |
| | You don't mention the denomination but the "grey" coins with this design were minted in zinc on the 1 reichspennig from 1940-45 and in Aluminum-bronze alloy on the 2,5 and 10 reichspfennig from 1936. | | | That coin was removed from the King Farouk sale in Egypt in 1950 and recently, another (or the same) example surfaced and caused great legal grief for the owners. | | | The purpose of these coins was to alleviate the acute coin shortage, especially of small change that existed in the "Gold Rush" era in California. |
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http://www.coinsite.com/content/cdanswers/cdarchive4.asp
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| | Koala Coins - British Coin Florin |
| | The Double Florin (4/-) was one of the shortest-lived British coin denominations ever, only being produced between 1887 and 1890. | | | Specialist in the sale and purchase of British coins and most other world coins. | | | sale a varied selection of quality British Milled coins from 1656 to 1967. |
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http://www.koala.gr/coins/6/british-coin-florin.php
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| | Italia 2002: febbraio/February |
| | The party was getting started when I finished dinner, but I wasn't too keen to join in. | | | I have also seen a German euro (which, unfortunately, I used at the laundromat.. | | | I really should have followed my traveler's intuition and avoided the place--weren't the outdoor tables sign enough? |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~npernarelli/feb2002.htm
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| | Articles - Florin |
| | Irish florin coin, another two-shilling coin used from 1928 to 1943. | | | British coin Florin, a two-shilling coin used from 1849 to 1971. | | | English coin Florin or Double Leopard, a coin valued at six shillings, used only in 1344. |
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http://www.lastring.com/articles/Florin
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| | Album British Coin - coinshelp.com |
| | For more information on this exciting hobby, and ideas on what to collect, visit the Royal Canadian Mint website at www.mint.ca. | | | MS-63: Few surface marks and most lustre remaining. | | | Eventually standard definitions and a numbering system, ranging from one to seventy were adopted. |
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http://www.coinshelp.com/albumbritishcoin
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| | Norman coins of Britain |
| | These remained the standards until 1464 when the cost of the interminable wars coupled with another shortage of bullion caused Edward IV to make further reductions. | | | [ Home :: Coins For Sale :: Collecting Accessories :: Book Shop ] | | | The first coins were by two Florentine engravers in 1343 and were called the double leopard or florin, leopard (half florin) and helm, with values of six shillings, three shillings and one shilling and sixpence respectively (one shilling = 12 pence). |
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http://www.predecimal.com/p4norman.htm
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| | englishes english negligees englishmen englishman enlistees enlists embellishes | | | english englishes engulfs enlist enlists entails embellish engines ensiles | | | dolled doll double tousle dollies dollied dolmen toy dolt |
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http://cmcottrell.tripod.com/spielcast/id17.html
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| | 10th to 15th Centuries |
| | However these coins were not popular and were replaced the same year. | | | The Florin was replaced by the Noble, valued at 6/8d, which was also the value of half a Mark and of one-third of a pound (neither of which were represented by English coins at this time). | | | Sometimes these were specifically minted round coins, but often they were literally pennies cut in half or into four pieces. |
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http://www.bignell.uk.com/10th_to_15th.htm
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| | The Observer Special reports Home thoughts from abroad |
| | In the run-up to the launch, Libération has little left to offer but nuggets of euro trivia. | | | Not only did they launch a system of book-keeping that still endures. | | | In addition, the gold florin, the local coin minted by Florentine guilds, became the standard currency of Europe and one of the first since Roman times to be used so widely. |
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/euro/story/0,10818,625753,00.html
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| | Plantagenet Coins :EROL |
| | 0JBP_~195~2046~%3CFONT COLOR=%27%27 SIZE=3%3E%3CB%3EAn example of a coin we have sold recently%3A -%3C/B%3E%3C/FONT%3E%3CBR%3E%3CBR%3E~~~~~~~n/a~0~0~0,0,00,0~0~si18~~~~0~0~0~~~~~~~~Left~~~popWin=0~0~0~An example of a coin we have sold recently%3A -~[~~]~[~~]~[~~]~1~~~~ | | | 0JBP_~195~2045~%3CIMG SRC=%27images/englishhammeredban.gif%27 WIDTH=%27580%27 HEIGHT=%27100%27 BORDER=0%3E%3CBR%3E%3CBR%3E%3CFONT COLOR=%27Black%27 SIZE=2 FACE=%27Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans Serif%27%3EPlease select from the links above.%3CBR%3E%3CBR%3EWe stock large quantities of Plantagenet hammered coins, including Short and Long Cross Pennies. | | | Unsuccessful gold coins were introduced in 1343 called the double leopard or florin, leopard (half florin) and helm, with values of six shillings, three shillings and one shilling and sixpence respectively. |
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http://www.time-line.co.uk/x195.html
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| | World Coin Subject Index |
| | #M49 1 Onza (1978-1980) Coin Press & scales | | | Then Return to Index to view countries and coins. | | | # Chera coin from South India - 18th century |
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http://worldcoingallery.com/Subjects.html
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| | English coin Florin or Double Leopard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Unfortunately the gold used to strike the coins was overvalued, resulting in the coins being unacceptable to merchants, and the coins were withdrawn after only a few months in circulation, in August 1344, to be melted down to produce the more popular gold Noble. | | | The florin, based on a French coin and ultimately on coins issued in Florence, Italy, in 1252, was a standard coin widely used internationally, with a value of six shillings. | | | This is unfortunate as few specimens survived of what is often regarded as one of the most beautiful medieval English coins ever produced. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_coin_Florin_or_Double_Leopard
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| | 1344 |
| | English coin Half Florin or Leopardleopard, and English coin Quarter Florin or Helmhelm/. | | | Unfortunately the amount of gold in the coins does not match their value of six shillings, three shillings, and one shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down by August of this year. | | | EnglandEnglish king Edward III of EnglandEdward III introduces three new gold coins, the English coin Florin or Double Leopardflorin. |
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http://www.infothis.com/find/1344
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| | Coins of the UK - 6s and 6/8 |
| | As the use of the mark as unit of account was popular, a need for a new coin valued at 80 pence or half a mark became apparent, so the angel was produced in or shortly after 1464. | | | The coin was very popular on the Continent, and was imitated in what is now Holland and Belgium. | | | This gold coin, valued at 80 pence (half a mark or 6s 8d), was the first popular and successful English gold coin. |
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http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/sixs.html
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| | Doing a double shuffle with the town travellers. | | | Capped corners, rivetted edges, double action lever lock. | | | On the sideboard the tray of Stuart coins, base treasure of a bog: and ever shall be. |
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http://www.semantikon.com/literature/UlyssesJoyce.txt
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