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Legend Obverse dimes are one of the most popular 19th century U.S. coins and are available in a wide range of grades. Because of their smaller size, they usually have fewer abrasions than larger denomination coins.
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Urban Legends are fictional stories that somehow become believed as fact by a segment of the population. Below are some fascinating stories that may or may not be true: ...
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Living Legends
No living person can be portrayed on American money. Or so we believe. Actually, several people have been alive when their images were used for our nation's coins.
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Standard Legend Ordering for an Ancient Coin1. Obverse legend around the portrait. (This is usually the side with the head. Sometimes there are two heads, in which case the obverse is the side with the issuing authority's head.) ...
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AE Obol, 13mm, c. 150-140 BC. No legend Head of Apollo right. PAN Legend left of bowcase. Anokhin Bosporus 169. AE Tetrachalk, 17mm, c. 130-125 BC. No legend Head of old Pan left. PANTI Cornucopiae between two caps of Dioscuri. Anokhin Bosporus 175.
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Legends on this coin are unusual in their departure from the traditional formula used on Imperial coinage for the preceding 200 years. In place of a simple name with titles, we are given a tribute to the 'Virtus of Probus, the emperor.
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Legend : Légende rétro grade. Greek legend : KAU. Description : Apollon nu, les cheveux longs tombant en longues tresses sur l'épaule, marchant à droite, tenant de la main droite relevée un rameau ; un petit personnage courant à droite, ...
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Legend: (cur) = difference with current version, (last) = difference with preceding version, m = minor edit
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(Delink months and days of week &/or general fixes using AWB) ...
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Legend: Obverse types Reverse types Signatures Saltires Rarity: C=very common, 1-7: somewhat rare to extremely rare, with 6:up to 10 specimen known to exist; 7:less than 5 specimen known to exist.
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Legend is a term derived from the gerundive form of the Latin verb lego, and means "to be read". It describes the verbal content of a coin.
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Legends of barbarous radiates range from correct and exact copies of the prototype, to a jumble of unintelligable, meaningless letters and symbols. Smaller pieces known as minims, which are less than 10 mm in diameter, are often anepigraphic.
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Legend: The inscription, normally running clockwise around the edge of a coin's face. Milled: Coins manufactured by a mechanical coining press.
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Legend: the inscription on a coin. Liquidity: the quality of being readily convertible into cash. London fix: two daily bidding sessions in London of five major gold firms, at which the price of gold is "fixed" or set.
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Legend - Words appearing on the surface of a coin along the curved edge. Lettered edge - Letters that appeared around the narrow, up-and-down edge of earlier coins. The purpose was to prevent clipping.
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Legend - The name given to the writing on the coin. Usually consisting of Latin abbreviations. For example on a Victorian Young head bronze Half Penny the obverse legend is 'VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F: D:' Shown in Illustration 1, top of page.
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Legend - The inscription found on a coin or medal. In many cases it will consist of a string of abbreviations of Latin words. Lennox farthings - Farthings struck under the licence that James I gave to Lord Lennox.
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LegendAny phrase that appears on a coin. For example "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". Lettered edge ...
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legend A phrase that appears on a coin - for instance, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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The legend on the obverse of the coin is very crudely written, and rather uncertain. However the date and mint on the reverse make the attribution not in doubt. Two points make this piece exceptional: first the weight, and secondly the mint name.
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The legend reads "Victoria Queen" for coins dated 1862, the only year this design was minted for circulation. It reads "Victoria Empress" for coins dated 1885-1901.
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The legends are in Greek, which becomes almost unintelligible on the later drachms. From the time of Volagases I the king's name is sometimes written in Pehlvi characters.
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The legends on the coins of Commodus are thus classed by Mionnet, after arranging them as Eckhel has done, in chronological order, viz.
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The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounded the border, there being no indication of value on either coin.
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The legend Bhairava on this coin could represent any of the followings: 1. The name of the ruler. 2. Title of the ruler. 3. Name of series/ denomination of the coin.
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Coin Legends - What is the Legend on a Coin? The legends of a coin is defined on this coin collecting terms glossary page. Explore Coins Must Reads ...
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This legendary attribution would place thecreation date for the decadrachm at or near 480 B.C., a date that has been challenged in recent years. The currently accepted date for this coin is about 465 B.C.
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Other legendary rarities are the Paquet Reverse issues of 1861 and 1861-S. These coins were the result of Mint engraver Anthony C. Paquet's attempt to improve the reverse design.
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Inner legends on the larger coins tended to contain the name of the mint city. Examples: +TVRONVS.CIVIS ( gros tournois of France) or +MONETA:NOVA:BADENSIS (late medieval quarter thaler of Baden).
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When it comes to legends of the undiscovered treasure from the 1715 Spanish fleet, optimism is like Old Faithful.
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This is an urban legend. 1997 two pound coins are plentiful, circulate readily, and are NOT scarce. Sorry to disap point you on this. Banks and post offices will only give you two pounds for them.
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Round, mushy boundaries where the devices and legends meet the coin's field ...
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The difference between the two varieties is on the first, the reverse legend is in three lines and gives the name and titles of the Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir.
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The bust is surrounded by his titles, for example on some of the denarii issued by Vespasian (A.D. 69-79) the obverse legend reads imp. CAESAR.VESPAS.AVG.COS.III.TR.P.PP.
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The design included a modified Colombian 2-centavos obverse with Liberty facing right and altered legends, paired with a reverse design selected from a Washington medalet designed by Anthony C. Paquet in 1861, again with altered legends.
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Obverse: A bunch of grapes with a Hebrew legend around. Reverse: A Lyre with the Hebrew legend "FOR THE FREEDOM OF JERUSALEM" around.
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No doubt the Free Soil Party did just that, but I have been nagged by this question: Why didn't they stamp coins with the legend FREE SOIL, which would have fit in with the wording of their slogan?
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Emerging by the seventh century from the legendary past of the nomadic inhabitants of the Tibetan plateau4 was Srong-tsan Gam-po, who may be singled out for special attention as his rule is associated with the introduction of Buddhism in Tibet.
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A piece of metal bearing devices and legends commemorating an event or person, or given as an award. Military medals date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but were not generally awarded to all ranks until the nineteenth century.
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The obverse side also has the legend " Liberty" along the rim, the motto "In God We Trust" and the date of issue. The reverse design is a flaming torch and two different branches of leaves, olive leaves to the left and oak leaves to the right.
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As above, but obverse legend reads, " Half a Shekel" and "Year 2". H-660, AJC-10. VF, a tad rough, but not bad.
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 See also: Coin, Revers, Obverse, Reverse, Condition
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