Instead, Sinnock went back to his workshop to make the desired improvements. His small head of Roosevelt with large mottos was replaced by the now familiar, larger portrait with a miniscule IN GOD WE TRUST.
Instead, the new copper cents and half cents would be fractions of the Spanish milled dollar or Piece of Eight, the hefty silver coin struck in both Spanish and Latin American mints.
Instead, the new coin features the right side of Jefferson's face. His face is also cropped closely, rather than showing his entire head. The word "Liberty," engraved in a copy of Jefferson's handwriting, has been added, too.
Instead of fighting the invaders, some English kings preferred to pay the Vikings to leave them in peace. These payments were called 'Danegeld' (meaning 'Dane debt' or Dane payment). The Vikings collected tribute in other countries too.
Instead, the latter issued coins of a natural alloy of silver in varying fineness of 880, 884, or 887 per thousand parts gold.
Instead of taking the portable press to coin events the Royal Australian Mint has opted to pre-strike a silver proof coin for each ANDA (Australian Numismatic Dealers Association) coin show held around the country in 2010.
Instead of focusing on specific issues (which, for the collector, can be like finding a needle in a haystack) I'm going to be a bit more general and focus on small groups or subsets of coins.
Instead of being made of silver, today's quarters are "clad," which means layered. The inner core is pure copper and the outer covering is copper mixed with nickel. You can even see a copper-colored line around the edge.
Specifications
Composition: ...
Instead of making a quick capital gain, the investors declared a $12,000 loss on their taxes. Not quite what they had in mind.
instead of on the reverse:
"United States of America"
The words expressing assigned value of the coin, "Quarter Dollar"
Reverse: ...
Instead of a crowned figure 4 the reverse has a representation of Britannia, thus the term Britannia Groat.
Instead of relying upon old dies, new and innovative styles were created.
Here instead of Apollo it is the sun-god Herakles, who is shown struggling with the destructive powers of water symbolized by the bull, while on the reverse the Hypsas takes the place of the Selinos.
Note: Instead of the usual depiction of the cuirass straps under the paludamentum, a curved line with alternating dots is used ...
Canada, instead, preferred to use the decimalized Spanish-American silver dollar. By laws decreed in 1851 and 1853, the Canadian colonies had established a definitive decimal system. This evolution is similar in English Guyana.
AVST.DVX (instead of AVST.DUX)
ARGHID.AVST (instead of ARCHID.AVST)
I can offer many of the other variants for a swap, including some of the rare variants such as H5, H18, H32c, oder H55.
Of course, instead of the coin proof set, you could always buy a whole album of SBA coins in a deluxe album if you get outbid by another male who respects his feminine side.
"Stacking pennies instead of studying for exams!"
From Cat Cassie:
Took me four hours to do this one, wasn't finished yet, but my cat knocked it down.
Some languages may instead implement lists using other data structures, such as arrays.
S-3265var (B legend instead)
Weakly struck on lower obverse/upper reverse, though the legend appears to be without the extra O R based on the position of the visible letters.
Type: ...
Similar, but quiver instead of lyre.
AR ½ drachm (?) 13 grs.
The Federal bronze coinage is more varied than the silver, the prevalent types being, on the obv., Heads of Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, &c.; on rev.
Any bagmarks on the face are frosted instead of shiny--a dead giveaway. They appear identical, regardless of the date and mintmark of the underlying coin.
The size of a coin determines the point at which a line ceases to be viewed as a hairline and instead is regarded a scratch; the larger the coin, the greater the tolerance. A heavy scratch may result in a coin not being graded by PCGS.
Instead of the wayward chunk of die just falling away, (as is typically the case), it somehow worked its way in between the dies. Perhaps as it was falling away it hitchhiked a ride back into the dies on an incoming planchet?
The reverses, except in one instance, differ from the common Farthing which circulated; and on the pattern, in which no difference is found, we find, instead of "Anna Dei Gratia," the legend "Anna Regina," surrounding the queen's bust, (see No. 5).
graded by a tier one company instead of a tier two or tier three company?
This question is an easy one to answer. They make fewer errors. Yes,
it is true, there are mistakes made in grading, even by the tier one companies, ...
This tool selects pixels by color, and may be used to select the background in one fell swoop instead of piece by piece as with the Lasso Tool.
Actually, I have decided instead to break probably the
biggest "rule" about cleaning these. I probably clean 80% of the uncleaned
ones I get now using a home built electrolosis machine. Of course by doing ...
The five-cents underwent more changes; in 1921 the size of the coin was increased and it was made of nickel instead of silver, the reverse type also being changed.
As most depositors didn't want to wait for their coins, the amount of silver brought to the Mint was relatively small, but when it did come in, it was expeditious to coin dollars instead of the smaller silver coins which took more time and expense ...
A letter (or number) punch looks and acts like a chisel, except that instead of having a bevelled chisel point the end contains raised lines of metal in the shape of the desired letter.
The collector of world coins instead of being priced out of the market is more likely to become disenchanted because even though they have the money in hand they can't find the coins they wish to buy.
In the late 1970’s, dealers felt that their profit margins would be adversely affected by set grading standards in circulated coins, so instead of pushing the grades on the selling end, they started gouging the grades on the buying end.
("1" instead of "I")
see comparison of milled edges
(left to right)
19.3mm Calcutta coarse milling
19.75mm Bombay narrow milling
19.8mm Madras coarse milling 1874 Quarter Rupee Y-10 K-470
A/I - 19.3-19.
If the customer had stated that instead of being fully struck a MS-65 grade coin must not have any heavy bagmarks, I would have completely agreed with him.
Instead we will play 'whatsit?' where ordinary things look different when examined more closely than normal. Why do I do this page? Simple. This allows me to show (or show off) where I stand on digital images taken through microscopes.
Instead, the northern, central and western parts of India was divided among many of these rulers into kingdoms of various sizes.
The substitute proved unsatisfactory, and from 1944 through 1946 the Mint instead used the brass alloy first tried in 1942; this lacked the small percentage of tin employed before and after the war.
Kara Mustafa Pasha chose a long protracted siege instead of an all out assault on the under defended city, possibly looking to take the city as undamaged as possible.
The fortunes of the Americans, instead of improving, had grown worse to the point of desperation.
Despite of that, he tried to hold on to whatever money he could manage - even the smallest coins - and he kept it all in a box instead of spending it. By the time he was 11 he had a sizeable collection stashed away in his box.
You can even size them so you have two large windows instead of three smaller ones. You can also widen the main bottom to nearly cover the bottom left window. Your choice, you can make adjustments or keep it as it is.
The word TRUST, spelled with the Latin V instead of the more common U, and which appears prominently on the obverse of the Peace Dollar. The Latin alphabet did not contain the letter U, and instead used a V both as a vowel and a consonant.
The panel met and instead of discussing the competition, they instead rejected the terms of the competition as proposed by Mint officials on the ground that the preparation time was too short and the compensation woeful.
However, some well-respected scholars disagree, noting that no contemporary accounts of such objections are known, and that it was instead MacNeil's decision to change the design, based on his dissatisfaction with elements of the original effort.
Sometimes regular dies for Proof coins were used to strike pieces in non-standard metals, such as an 1885 Liberty Seated half dollar in aluminum instead of silver, an 1868 $20 in aluminum instead of gold, ...
Roman coloniae and municipia used Latin instead of Greek for their reverse inscriptions.
Instead, legal tender notes ("Greenbacks") were issued. Although the government thus contrived to pay its gold obligations in paper, gold dollars continued to circulate at a premium in the private economy.
Instead of leaving the store with his purchase, the customer deftly tore open the packages and scanned the cards. Finding nothing of interest, he shrugged as he tossed the lot in a nearby wastebasket! ...
Instead, the Washington quarter reappeared again in 1934, this time, as a regular-issue coin, not a commemorative. The design did not change at all from 1932.
Instead It's price was tied in with the pound Sterling which in turn was tied into the gold standard of £3 / 17s /10 1/2d for a standard ounce of gold.
Instead of a single central bank, like the First and Second Bank of the United States, 12 Federal Reserve districts are established each with its own reserve bank.
Instead of being caught and discarded by the Riddlers and destroyed as a mint error, it was subsequently struck by a Roosevelt Dime obverse die. It then became an obverse die cap and took the shape of the obverse Dime die.
Instead of striking gold in traditional $10 pieces,the Mint decided to also issue larger denominations. In February 1849,Congress authorized the striking of $20 gold coins, which were created by the very talented Chief-Engraver James Barton Longacre.
In past precious metals bull markets, investing in silver instead of investing in gold, has provided greater percentage gains because silver historically has outperformed gold in precious metals bull markets.
The bust-gold reverse does not bear pillars but instead (in the 8 escudos at least) displays the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
What I propose is that instead of the Goddess of Liberty we shall have next inside the 13 stars a ring inscribed with the words 'perpetual union'; within this ring the all-seeing eye crowned with a halo; beneath this eye the American Flag, ...
Thus, since 1426, the name schilling was used instead of artig. There was made another decision in 1422, saying, that all the mints of Livonia has to struck coins according to the same minting rules.
' The coin soon became known as a half dime or five-cent coin instead of the previously used “half disme'. This was also the first time the eagle on the reverse was adorned with a shield.
We have had the choice to use a more detailed authentic peace dollar instead for this example as there are still plenty available, but for comparing this coin we have chosen this peace dollar instead to present a better comparison for our visitors.
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