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Encyclopedia > List of numismatic topics

This is a list of numismatic topics. This article needs cleanup. ...

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Newly-minted replica of the original 1804 silver dollar The 1804 silver dollar is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world, due to its unique history. ... The 1933 Double Eagle The 1933 US 20 dollar gold coin (known as the double eagle) exists only in very small numbers. ... The 1955 doubled die is a minting error that occurred during production of the one cent coin at the United States Mint, in 1955. ...

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An Antoninianus from the reign of Marcus Julius Philippus I 244 - 248AD The antoninianus was a coin used during the Roman Empire that was valued at 2 denarii. ... The as was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. ... An alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resultant material has metallic properties. ... The aureus (pl. ...

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A £20 Ulster Bank banknote. ... Barbarous radiates are imitations of the antoninianus, a type of coin issued during the Roman Empire, which are so named due to their crude style and prominent radiate crown worn by the emperor. ... A base metal is a cheap or at least inexpensive metal. ... 1826 Batzen from Bern The batzen was a coin produced by Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century. ... Billon is an alloy of silver (sometimes gold) with a high base metal content (such as copper). ... In economics, bimetallism is a monetary standard in which the value of the monetary unit can be expressed either with a certain amount of gold or with a certain amount of silver: the ratio between the two metals is fixed by law. ... Categories: Stub | Numismatics ... British banknotes are the banknotes of the United Kingdom and British Islands, denominated in pounds sterling (GBP). ... This article concerns British coinage, the coinage of the United Kingdom. ... In Coin collecting, brockage refers to a type of error coin in which a side of the coin has both the normal image and a mirror image of the opposite side impressed on it. ... Anastasius 40 nummi and 5 nummi Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. ...

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Casino tokens, often called chips, are used in gambling establishments instead of currency. ... A two cent euro coin In currency, the cent is a monetary unit that equals th of the basic unit of value. ... 1¢ euro coin A coin is generally a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is used as a form of money. ... A coin die is one of the two metallic pieces that are used to strike one side of a coin. ... Coin collecting is the hobby of collecting coins. ... The Group 11 Elements (IB) of the periodic table consist of the traditional coinage metals of copper, silver, and gold. ... This is a description of the coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Commemorative coins are legally issued coins with a denomination that are not usually meant for circulation. ... A counterfeit is an imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. ... There are a number of websites that track migrations of currency bills (just like ornithologists track migrations of birds by ringing them). ...

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The Dahlonega Mint was chartered by the United States Congress in 1838, at the mining town of Dahlonega, Georgia, during the first gold rush. ... The Roman currency system included the denarius, a small silver coin, as the most common coin in circulation. ... Die deterioration doubling, or DDD, is an extremely common form of degradation on many United States and Canadian coins. ... The dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions (see list below), including the US dollar, the worlds most widely circulated currency (see list below). ... Drachma, pl. ... The ducat was a gold coin that was used throughout Europe. ... The dupondius (Latin two-pounder) was a bronze coin used during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic valued at 2 asses (1/2 of a sestertius or 1/8 of a denarius). ...

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Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold, silver, and lesser amounts of copper. ... Elongated coins are coins that have been flattened, stretched and imprinted with a new design with the purpose of creating a commemorative or souvenir token. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the currency of 12 European Union (EU) member states: (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain); three European micro-states: (Monaco, San Marino and the Holy See - Vatican City), as well as EU institutions. ... Exonumia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

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Fiat money or fiat currency, usually paper money, is a type of currency whose only value is that a government made a fiat (i. ... The fals (plural fulus) was a copper coin produced by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates beginning in the late 7th century. ... A follis of Galerius as caesar The follis (plural folles) was a large bronze coin introduced in about 294 with the coinage reform of Diocletian. ... A fourrée denarius of Domitian showing 2 plating breaks A fourrée is a coin, most often a counterfeit, that is made from a base metal core that has been plated with a precious metal to look like its solid metal counter part. ...

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General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19. ... 1922 U.S. gold certificate The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold. ... The ancient coins of Greece represent the highest form of the coiners art. ... Greshams law is stated as: Bad money drives good money out of circulation. Greshams law applies specifically when there are two forms of commodity money in circulation which are forced, by the application of legal tender laws, to be respected as having the same face value in the... The term Grosz may also refer to George Grosz. ... The guilder (Dutch gulden), represented by the symbol ƒ, was the name of the currency used in the Netherlands from the 15th century until 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (coins and notes were not introduced until 2002). ...

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Hammered coinage describes the commonest form of coins produced since the invention of coins in the first millennium BC until the early modern period of ca. ... Heads or Tails is a coin-tossing game. ... Heller may mean: heller (money), a unit of money Heller SA, a French manufacturer of model kits Family name for several notable persons (also Häller): André Heller Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22 Zoë Heller, journalist and novelist (Notes on a Scandal) the Heller river in Germany This is a... The history of coins extends from ancient times to the present. ... Anastasius 40 nummi and 5 nummi Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. ...

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Intrinsic value in general, is the argument that the value of a product is intrinsic within the product rather than dependent on the buyers perception. ...

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Jetons were a token or coin-like medal produced across Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. ...

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1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ... Berner Kreuzer von 1776 The Kreuzer was a silver coin and unit of currency existing in the Southern German states prior to the unification of Germany in 1870, and in Austria. ... Kuna is the name of the currency used in Croatia. ...

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The Latin Monetary Union was a 19th century attempt to unify several European currencies into a single currency that could be used in all the member states, at a time when most national currencies were still made out of gold and silver. ... A list of coins and currency, hopefully with dates and regions. ...

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This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780. ... Maria Theresa Thaler. ... Mary Gillick (1881 - 27 January 1965) was a sculptor best known for her effigy of Elizabeth II used on coinage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere from 1953 to 1967. ... A Medal can mean three things: a wearable medal awarded by a government for services to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers to an Order (decoration); a table medal awarded by... In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds, and it is sometimes said that it is similar to a cation in a cloud of electrons. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ... Mint-made errors are errors in a coin made by the mint during the minting process. ... Money is a marketable good or token that acts as a store of value, a medium of exchange and a unit of account. ...

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Napoleon I of France celebrated his accomplishments with an extensive set of commemorative medals struck by the Paris Medal Mint. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10 , 4, d Density, Hardness 8908 kg/m³, 4. ... The United States five cent coin, commonly called a nickel, is a unit of currency equaling one 1/20th of a United States dollar. ... Notaphily is the study of paper money or banknotes. ... Notgeld is German for Emergency Money. During the early 20th century special money was given out in Germany to cater for economic crisis situations. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

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The pfennig was a small German coin valued at 1/100 of a Deutsche Mark and other German currencies with the name Mark. ... The pound sterling, which strictly speaking refers to basic currency unit of sterling, now the pound, can generally refer to the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... A beautiful example of a proof coin. ...

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The quadrans (literally meaning a a quarter) was low value Roman bronze coin worth 1/4th of an as. ... The quadrigatus was a medium-sized silver coin produced by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century BC. The obverse featured a young janiform bust and the reverse featured Victory driving a quadriga, giving the coin its name, with the inscription ROMA below. ... The quarter is 1/4th of a United States dollar or 25 cents. ... A quinarius The quinarius was a small Roman coin silver coin valued at half a denarius. ...

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In Switzerland, one-hundredth of one Swiss franc is called Rappen in German. ... A term that distinguishes coins created for commerce from commemorative coins. ... The main Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire consisted of coins including: the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper). ... Royal Canadian Mint (Ottawa) Royal Canadian Mint (Winnipeg) The Royal Canadian Mint produces all of Canadas circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. ... The Royal Mint is the name of the body permitted to make (mint) coins in the United Kingdom. ... 1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ...

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The Scandinavian Monetary Union, or Skandinaviska myntunionen in Swedish and Skandinaviske møntunion in Danish, was a monetary union formed by Sweden and Denmark on May 5, 1873 by fixing their currencies against gold at par to each other. ... Scripophily is the study and collection of stocks and bonds. ... Seigniorage, also spelled seignorage, is the net revenue derived from the issuing of currency. ... The semis (literally meaning half) was small Roman bronze coin that was valued at half an as. ... The sestertius was an ancient Roman coin. ... The siliqua is the modern name given to small, thin, Roman silver coins produced from 4th century AD and later. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series Transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Density, Hardness 10490 kg/m3, 2. ... Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in both gold and silver versions. ... A solidus (the Latin word for solid) was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans. ... Obverse of redesigned quarter The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of commemorative coins by the United States Mint. ... The stater was an ancient coin of Greek or Lydian origin which circulated from about 500 BC to 50 AD. It was also heavily used by Celtic tribes. ...

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Examples of German and Austrian thalers compared to a US quarter piece The Thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. ... Token can mean one of several things: In lexical analysis, a token is an atomic element within a string. ... In the study of numismatics tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. ... The Trial of the Pyx is the procedure in the United Kingdom for ensuring that newly-minted coins conform to required standards. ...

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Current US Coinage. ... Commemorative coinage of the United States consists of coins that have been minted to commemorate a particular event, person or organization. ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... The United States Mint is responsible for producing and circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce. ... The two-cent coin was produced in the United States from 1864-1873 with decreasing mintages throughout that time. ...

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The victoriatus was a silver coin issued during the Roman Republic from about 221 BC to 170 BC. The obverse of the coin featured the bust of Jupiter and the reverse featured Victory placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription ROMA in exergue. ...

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Walter Breen (September 5, 1930 or 1928? - April 28, 1993) was a numismatist best known in coin collecting circles for writing and . ... A bill stamped with the Dave Anderson stamp Wheres George? is a website that tracks American paper money — most commonly one-dollar bills, but also higher denominations. ... Wheres Willy?, is a website that tracks Canadian paper money — most commonly five dollar bills, but also higher denominations. ... In the study of numismatics tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. ...

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Pre-Islamic Coins The earliest coins made in the Tarim Basin were the so-called horse coins of the Yu Tian kingdom near modern Hotan. ...

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