Species with evergreen foliage ("live oaks") are tagged #. Note that the change from deciduous to evergreen character (or vice-versa) has evolved on numerous occasions in Quercus, ...
Specie - coined money, as opposed to paper money or other store of wealth
Starred edge - the edge of a coin featuring either raised or sunken stars
Strike - the action of producing a coin, or, the quality of a coin's detail sharpness ...
Specie payments had been suspended by the government in 1862 and peace had not seen the return of silver or gold coins to circulation.
Species
sapiens
Biological taxonomy is based on evolutionary relationships between organisms at any level. It is just one of several classification schemes and is chosen because it happens to be the most useful. Other taxonomies are possible.
Specie: In the form of coin, especially precious metal coin; paper money redeemable in coin. From the Latin meaning "in kind".
Subtype: A modification of a plastic design type that leaves the basic theme intact without major revision.
Species Ducat - [Denmark]
Speciethaler - thaler struck from 1753 to 1837 containing 1/10 mark (23.4 grams) of fine silver. Worth 1 1/3 reichsthaler.
Spruchthaler - Any thaler bearing a motto or quotation from the Bible as part of the legend.
The Specie Redemption Act was passed by Congress in 1875 and signed by
President Grant. Under this act, the U.S. government stated, paper
currency of $1 or more would be backed by gold, and they would gradually reduce ...
Current species classification
An eagle in captivity
ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES
Family Accipitridae ...
1880 Yokohama Specie Bank founded
This is the first of a number of special banks established to assist the growth of the Japanese export trade.
p 583-584 ...
Meaning that "the species of pottage which forms at once the title and subject is described as being made of various materials which the peasant grinds up a pestle." ...
bison, buffalo: Species considered typically North American, used on coinage and paper money of the United States; bison is a better term than buffalo, ...
England had a policy of withdrawing through English merchants as much in specie coinage as Maryland colonists obtained, thus keeping specie coins in very limited circulation in Maryland.
Eckfeldt related that President Washington deposited $100 in bullion or specie for the purpose of coining these half dismes.
Linderman was just as concerned about [the designs of] the Gobrecht coinage and other designs in circulation as were the people opposed to the [designs of the] current specie.
Now shown without helmet, he wears a 'laurel' wreath (in a generic sense of the term - I do not claim to identify the species of plant used for this wreath) and standard military attire with flowing cloak.
The commission, which regulates most of the world's whaling activity, began in the 1960s to limit the number and species of whales that could be hunted. By 1988 a moratorium on all commercial whaling was put into effect.
1 If Rittenhouse did intend to depict laurel, the most likely species is the bay laurel or laurel of Apollo, laurus nobilis, native to the Greek islands and Italy, but brought to the Atlantic Coast colonies in the 1600s.
Specie payments had been suspended since late in 1861, and silver coins continued to be either hoarded or shipped overseas.
And as soon as the said bullion shall have been coined, the person or persons by whom the same shall have been delivered, shall upon demand receive in lieu thereof coins of the same species of bullion which shall have been so delivered, ...
They were colloquially called "Greenbacks" due to their mono-green coloring on the note backs and "Demand Notes" since the first issue notes were redeemable for specie (gold and silver coins) on demand.
The ban on the use of certain pesticides in 1972, the protections provided under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and efforts such as captive breeding and nest watch programs, provided the vital protection that the Bald Eagles needed to survive.
Kangaroo species that have appeared on the coin include the red kangaroo (1990), the grey kangaroo (1991), and the whiptail wallaby (1994).
----This was a species of timbrel, or rattle, made of brass or some other sonorous metal. It was oval, and its circumference perforated with several holes opposite each other, through which were inserted horizontally several small metallic rods.
53-54 and 63-67; Raphael Solomon, "Foreign Specie Coins in the American Colonies," in Studies on Money in Early America , ed. by Eric Newman and Richard Doty, New YorK: American Numismatic Society, 1976, pp. 25-42, especially 29-30; and Joseph B.
The rigsdaler species was issued and guaranteed by the National Bank and was intended for circulation in Norway but was first circulated in Denmark as an experiment.
It is a unique species in that the male becomes pregnant, carries eggs and gives birth to young. The seahorse can be found in shades of yellow, brown, orange, white or grey, adapting it's colour to the environment.
We will, in our several stations, encourage frugality, economy, and industry, and promote agriculture, arts and the manufactures of this country, especially that of wool; and will discountenance and discourage every species of extravagance and ...
472 DENMARK, Schleswig-Holstein. Christian VII. 1807. Speciedaler of AltoonaBust right/Arms. Cr-9, Dav-70. Toned aVF $140
For a related coin, see #604
473---Christian IV. 1625. 16 Skilling. 2 year type. KM-92, aF $75 ...
Particularly fascinating are the multitude of pieces, mostly dated 1837, concerning Andrew Jackson, the Bank of the United States, the suspension of specie (coin) payments by the government on May 10, 1837, and related personalities and events.
a planchet flip A pliable clear plastic holder normally used for a single coin flow lines Microscopic lines in the surface of a coin resulting from the outward flow of metal during striking fiat money Money that is not backed by specie ...
The East India Company authority at Calcutta therefore directed the Kasimbazar Council "to take up what sums they might want elsewhere" to carry on their business until they could supply them with proper specie from Calcutta.
Reverse: design showing Charles Darwin facing a chimpanzee, 1809 DARWIN 2009 above, TWO POUNDS below, commemorating the Bicentenary of the Birth of Charles Darwin. Designed by Suzie Zamit.
Edge: ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 1859 ...
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