attributes: the elements of a coin that help determine grade (such as strike, marks, luster, and appeal)
bag mark: a mark or blemish on a coin that occurs from contact with other coins while in holders or bags.
Attribute - A characteristic of a coin; v. To identify a coin by determining the country of origin, denomination, series, date, mintmark and (if applicable) variety.
Aureus - A gold coin.
Attributed to Betts
The following several medals are all interesting, and the De Fleury silver medal is of simply incredible importance, ...
attribute
noun: A specific characteristic of a coin.
verb: Identifying a coin via the origin, denomination, type, date, mintmark, variety, etc.
attribute: a special characteristic of a coin or the act of identifying a coin.
attribution: the variety of a coin according to specialized reference works.
AU: abbreviation for About (or Almost) Uncirculated.
attributes
The elements, like luster and strike, that make up a coin's grade.
authentication ...
attributes
The elements that make up a coin's grade. The main ones are marks (hairlines for proofs), luster, strike, and eye appeal.
AU ...
attributes - The defining quality elements that define a coin's grade. Example: brilliance, toning, eye appeal, luster, etc.
Au - Elemental abbreviation for GOLD.
Attributes: The elements of a coin that help determine grade, such as strike, marks, luster, and eye appeal.
Bag mark: A mark or blemish on a coin that occurs from contact with other coins while in holders or bags.
Attributes
The elements that make up a coin's grade. The primary attributes include marks (hairlines for Proofs), luster, strike, and eye appeal.
AU ...
Attributes of Apollo that help identify him on coins are rather more varied than for most gods. Sometimes he is shown with a lyre as the god of music and poetry. Sometimes he borrows his sister Artemis' (Diana) bow and is shown hunting.
Attributed to Mozambique. Description says "large crown of Portugal center obverse". Likely similar to lot #1104 in the Schulman January 1971 sale.
Kreisberg - Cohen, Mail bid sale, June 29, 1970; Lot #715.
Attributed to Mozambique.
Attributes
The characteristics factoring into coin grade, such as bag marks, luster, strike quality, and "eye appeal".
AU (About Uncirculated) ...
Attributes - Specific characteristics of a coin. For example: country of origin, denomination, type, inscription, date, metal composition, variety, design, mint marks.
Attributed to Issus by Six (N. Chr., loc. cit.).
Middle of fifth century B.C.
F Ram walking. [N. Chr., 1895, p. 197. 1, Pl. VII. 16.] ...
Attribute - characteristics of a coin; (the country of origin, denomination, series, date, mintmark ect.)
Authentic/Authentication - An original, non-counterfeit coin; determination by an expert.
to attribute coins of Aurelian. All the coins of Aurelian from the RIC are there, I am currently working on
adding unlisted coins, varients ect.
If you check it out and see some mistakes, I am sure there must be some, ...
The attribute "MS" is an abbreviation for "mint state". The numbers that follow (in this example 69) indicate the quality of the coin. The quality numbers run from 1 to 70, with a 70 being an absolutely prefect coin. See related topic- "PR69".
1907) attributes it to the town of Aminaea (see Pauly, Real-Encycl. s. v.), which, on the evidence of the coin he supposes to have been situated near Sybaris. Cf. also another uncertain coin reading Pal and Mol, p. 83, infra.
Gallic 1: Attributed to the Visigoths
Visigoths in the name of Valentinian III, AV Tremissis, c.439-455, Toulouse (?)
D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
(No legend) ...
Comments: Attributed to Jarvis and Company by Breen, others considered it from Machin's Mills. Miller 15 is distinguished by the punctuation, which includes a final stop as well as the four cinquefoils.
Previously attributed as Khusru 590 - 628 CE, this is an imitation produced in Tarbistan after the fall of the Sassanian Empire to the Muslims.
Obv: Khusru right; Crescent & stars
Rev: Fire altar.
The design attributed to Mint engraver Robert Scot that features Miss Liberty with long, flowing hair.
Flying Eagle
Short for Flying Eagle Cent.
laurel - attribute of the Greek god Apollo and symbol of victory.
laureate - crowned with a wreath of laurel, victorious.
legend - the letters or words written around the curved edge of a coin.
A sickle. An attribute of Saturn as an agricultural god, harpa also described the curved weapon with which Perseus beheaded the Gorgon Medusa.
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Janiform ...
Several Quotes attributed to Zeno:
"Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on."
"No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil." ...
Displaying most attributes discerning collectors seek as they assemble the highest quality sets, it is true gem quality.
The owl is Athena's attribute or mascot. According to the mythology, Athena at times also took the very form of her owl. The owl species depicted on Athenian Owls is the Athena Noctua, also called the Little Owl or Minerva Owl.
As with any grading system, there is often disagreement or confusion over the assignment of a "technical grade" and how attributes should be weighted. Also, some object to "particularization" and the pitfalls of such a slippery slope.
Editor's note: Past literature has attributed the 1793 Chain Cent dies to Jean Pierre Droz (sometimes spelled Drost), originating from an article by Patterson DuBois in the July 1883 American Journal of Numismatics.
Featuring the portrait of an individual on a coin, which became legal in 44 BC, caused the coin to embody the attributes of the individual portrayed.
In some cases a seller attributes a coin according to a specific SNG or other reference catalog number, but when you refer to that reference, the coin referenced is a different variety.
Subsidiary to the type itself are attributes and adjuncts. An attribute is usually something attached to or held by the figure portrayed: thus a bust might be laureate or diademed, hold a sceptre or palm branch; ...
A rather strange series of coins next claims our attention; these are the St Patrick's or Mark Newby coins attributed to New Jersey.
This exception was undoubtedly the result of personal feeling on the part of the president, it began to be perceived that a change was taking place in his sentiments, and this was attributed to the influence of Sec.
His coinage could be conveniently attributed due to the presence of any one of the legends like Sri Jayadeva, Sri Jagadeka, Jagadeka, Jagadeva or Jaya, on those coins.
Jim Kolbe attributed the Susan B. Anthony dollar's failure to the fact that it looked and felt like the quarter and the simultaneous circulation of the dollar bill.
The EDS specimen found by Crawford showed ALL the attributes of the 1994 doubled die cent! ...
There are three terms which describe the physical attributes of a coin after it has been struck. One of these is die axis, and it is the easiest to render concretely.
Some references attribute them to Stephen IV between AD 1162 and 1163, in which case the Bela seated by sides him has to be Bela II,who died in 1141.
It's really too bad these attributes don't always mate with one other. Sit me down in front of a box of unattributed world coins and immediately you'll see a smile on my face. I like to be puzzled. I like to be surprised.
The death of Archimedes, one of the greatest geniuses of mankind, It is hence attributed to Marcellus' capture of Syracuse, where the great thinker was slain amongst the turmoil that befell the city as it was stormed by Roman legionaries. .
Some would later attribute it to Mellon's chauvinism, but he repeatedly refused to listen to the Commission's pleas for Fraser's design.
SP0007 Three Late Roman Bronze Coins - Attributed
$29.95
This lot is from a group of several hundred late Roman bronze coins
ranging from AE 4 up to follis size (mostly antoniniani, AE 3 and smaller folles).
A coin which has already been attributed by denomination, date, mintmark and major variety (such as Morgan Dollar, 1879-S, Reverse of '78) can often still be broken down by die variety.
Ant-nose cowrie (substitute for shell cowrie), character markings TANG KO LIU CHU (Everyone equivalent to 6 chu/grains), attributed to Sun-Ao, Minister of the Chu State, markings clear, dark green patina, RARE, Very Fine....SOLD Photo
CC133B.
Julian attributes the delayin large measure to lack of public demand for this small silver coin, either from merchants and their customers or from bullion depositors.
The most famous coin type of ancient Miletus, and one of the earliest of all coins that can be attributed to a particular city, is the electrum stater that features a crouching lion regardant on the obverse, and three incuse punches on the reverse.
Eye appeal is the most subjective attribute of a coin, but there are norms and standards shared by numismatists.
Coins similar to this one have been attributed in the past and published by Iliesku. They have generally been found within the area of the Danube and Dniester estuaries.
Most coins can be attributed without difficulty, either on sight or with the help of one of the standard reference guides. When a coin is described as being "attributed to" a given country, ruler, etc.
Also, for very high end coins, the auction house will attribute the coin with respect to variety. They will also grade the coin and perhaps even get it slabbed prior to sale. They may even take a picture of your coin and print it in a catalogue.
For varieties I can attribute them for $4.00 plus return postage. If you have a new variety it will get listed with you as discoverer. For basic collections I sometimes critique them for quality for new customers.
This specimen was attributed to the Genoese Andrea de Rivegno or to the Bolognese banker Guiliano Arardi. Both of them belonged to the financers of the English king Richard Lionheart who borrowed money from them for the Third Crusade.
Roman coins (at least those starting with the later Republican era about 200 BC) are identified primarily by six attributes.
The primary consideration is the person who issued the coin.
Another countermark often attributed to Vespasianus during the civil war is the Capricorn, mostly found on eastern provincial coins. A similiar countermark exists on regular roman coinage from Claudius, likely applied in the balkan region.
As we have seen, there are dozens of varieties of follari attributed to various dukes or consuls of the city of Gaeta and to the Norman and Swabian kings. Ferraro describes about seventy varieties of them.
The first type has been tentatively attributed as coins struck for use in Nepal whereas type 2 is attributed as coins struck for export to Tibet. No coins of these two types are known to have come from Tibet.
Among the many accolades attributed to the Pobjoy Mint, there are two that
stand as tribute to their spirit of innovation in coinage. In 1996, they
produced the world's first hologram coin, and in 1999 they struck the world's
first Titanium coin.
I have just described how marks, die breaks, evidence of die clashes, laminations, adjustment marks, and other attributes of dies and planchets can affect the appearance of a coin and are characteristic of a piece at the moment of striking.
 See also: Coin, Revers, Reverse, Struck, Mint
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