In the image above, the left coin is an example of the Old Effigy type. The right one depicts a coin of the Modified Effigy type.
Effigy
The image or likeness of a person, usually on the obverse of a coin or medal.
Elongated coin
A small oval token or medal that is made by squeezing a coin, usually a penny, through a roller die.
Effigy - The name given to the Head on the obverse of a coin. For example the Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on all current British coins. Shown in Illustration 1, top of page.
Effigy
A slightly raised (bas-relief) design, usually on the obverse of a coin, depicting a portrait or likeness of a person such as the monarch or head of the issuing country.
Electrotype ...
EFFIGY
The likeness or image of a person as portrayed on a coin. See also Bust, Design, and Portrait.
ELECTROTYPE ...
In 1926 the effigy was modified. The most straightforward way to tell the two types of 1926 apart is to compare them with the 1920-1925 versions or the 1927-1936.
Obverse: The effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. There are two different versions, a young head and an old head version. The year of issue and the face value of 5 dollars is also displayed on this side.
In 1952 Gillick's effigy design was selected from a field of seventeen to be used on general-circulation coinage.
Hits Noticeable marks or nicks on a coin, particularly on the central effigy. (First heard in June 1985). "Forget it! It's got too many hits for sixty-five money.
----Diodorus Siculus says of Mercury that he was the first amongst the deities who instituted religious worship and sacrifices; hence we see him on coins imaged with caduceus and purse, and the inscription around his effigy of PIETAS AVG., or AVGG.
This specimen, however, has an effigy on which he wears both cuirass and paludamentum and on his head a rounded Pannonian cap, an item of regalia previously unknown in numismatic art.
On the 4th of July the effigy of Talleyrand, who had once been Bishop of Autun, was arrayed in a surplice and burned at the stake.
- the running series of 12 values (comprised of air post) printed on September 1, 1965 with the effigy of Sheik Saqr, dropped, canceled in three large blocks in London (values in dirhams and riyals); ...
For this first dollar commemorative we saw the reverse design modeled by Horst Hahne with the obverse effigy modeled by Raphael Maklouf. It is the standard 25mm diameter circulating aluminium bronze Australian dollar coin weighing 9 grams.
On them, there is a right facing effigy of the King as
the main device. The date is centered at the 6 o'clock position with a
"dot" before and after the date. On the outer perimeter of the coin the legend
reads, KALAKAUA I KING OF HAWAII.
The gold coins of this year have sixteen stars upon the obverse, eight upon each side of the effigy. The first coinage of quarter eagles took place in this year.
Junius Brutus, also allowed his own effigy to appear on the remarkable denarius commemorating the dictator's murder on the Ides of March.
The obverse features the existing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II produced by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS to create a gold coin which, for the first-time during British historical past, features a monarch and consort upon opposing sides.
Coins were minted in India with the effigy of King George V from 1911 to 1936.
I could accept that the effigy of George VI with its tapered edges might be obliterated by the second strike to the point where it would leave no sign of doubling, ...
We should keep it clear in our minds that the coins of Pontius Pilate, like those of other prefects and procurators, bore neither his effigy nor his name.
The coin is the effigy of Michel Hidalgo, a revolutionary and abolitionist. Michel Hidalgo is an emblematic figure of Mexico: a priest, a rebel and a revolutionary whose insurrection triggered the country's process of independence.
Unknown to Pridmore. The R in the legend SERVE is nearly vertical. Faint die chip in front of the effigy's brow can be seen on some specimens.
5.1
Heavily lapped obverse 5. The die chip in front of the effigy's brow is much more pronounced.
Obverse: Bust of Lama Type III. Modified effigy
Reverse: Similar to Code FC15.1
1 Dollar
Year No Date, Code FC16
Diam 37.8 mm., Wt. 24.43 gms.
Metal: Silver
Ref: Bruce XM307; Kann B75 ...
The chief types refer to the worship of Zeus Olympios, Demeter and Kore (sometimes as cultus-effigy flanked by ears of corn and poppy, Rev. Num., 1893, p. 456), Zeus Lydios, Rape of Persephone, Herakles and Omphale, Dionysos, Athena, Artemis, Hekate, ...
There was an objection in the popular press concerning the portrait, for it was stated that the effigy was of one Mary Cunningham, an Irish-born waitress who worked in a restaurant in Windsor, Vermont, across the river from Cornish, New Hampshire.
Newly designed coins with the effigy of William IV on the obverse and the value on the reverse in English and Urdu, were issued in 1835. The coins from that time onwards were minted in Western style showing portraits of King/queen of England.
One of the first "serious" world coins I purchased was an Austrian taler that featured a 3/4 bust of Leopold the Hog Mouth. I'll admit that the ruler's nickname helped influence my purchase. The effigy on the coin looked a lot like the guy who sold ...
That Titus was responsible for the destruction of the temple in the First Revolt, and then his effigy was defaced on this coin to help finance the Second Revolt, makes this a very interesting specimen.
 See also: Coin, Revers, Reverse, Obverse, Silver
  
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