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	Coins and Coin Collecting - MSN Encarta
		A major change in the way coins were produced occurred during the 16th century, when heavy machinery was first used to mint coins.
		George Washington’s profile was used on the quarter-dollar of 1932, a coin originally intended as a one-year commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of his birth.
		The coins are related to one another on the basis of their design or because of the people or objects shown.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578905_2/Coins_and_Coin_Collecting.html (1972 words)

	British Ten Pence coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British decimal Ten Pence (10p) coin was issued in 1968 in preparation for the forthcoming decimalisation of the coinage.
		The coin is minted from an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.
		During the history of the coin, three different obverses have been used so far - between 1968 and 1984 the head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin was used, between 1985 and 1997 the head by Raphael Maklouf was used, and since 1998 one by Ian Rank-Broadley has been used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_coin_Ten_Pence (276 words)

	Encyclopedia: British coinage
		Coins from British dependencies are sometimes found in change in other jurisdictions, but are not legal tender in the United Kingdom and tend not to be accepted by UK traders and banks.
		In 1920, the silver content of all British coins was reduced from 92.5% to 50%, with a portion of the remainder consisting of manganese, which caused the coins to tarnish to a very dark colour after they had been in circulation for a significant period.
		The weight of this coin was instituted by Charlemagne, and the purity of 92.5% silver (sterling silver) was instituted by Henry II in 1158 with the "Tealby Penny" â“ a hammered coin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-coinage (5410 words)

	British coinage
		The English penny was derived from a small silver coin minted by Charlemagne which was in general circulation in Europe during the middle ages.
		The weight of this coin was originally1/240th of a troy pound, a weight known as a pennyweight[?] - around 1.555grams.
		produced by machine; the first milled coins were produced during the reign of Elizabeth I and periodically during the reigns of James I and Charles I, but there was opposition to mechanisation from the moneyers who ensured that most coins continued to be produced by hammering.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/br/British_coinage.html (910 words)

	English Coins - Discussion
		The coin was reintroduced as the milled gold sovereign by George III in 1817 and continues to be minted as a proof coin.
		For centuries it was the only coin struck in the realm with some 70 different mints producing the coin during the rule of William the Conqueror (1066-1087).
		This coin continued to be struck until 1967, with a proof coin struck in 1970 as part of the final issue of old style denominations.
	www.coins.nd.edu /ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/BritishDenominations3.html (2168 words)

	British_coin_Florin
		Whilst the weight and diameter of the coin were unchanged, the metal composition was changed in 1920 from 0.925 silver to 50% silver, 40% copper, 10% nickel, then again in 1922 to 50% silver, 50% copper, and again in 1927 to 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc.
		In accordance with the plan for decimalisation of the currency (120 years after this denomination was first introduced in the first plan to introduce a decimal currency), from 1968 the decimal Ten Pence coin was introduced of the same size, weight, and metal composition as the florin.
		Accordingly the florin (usually dated 1947 or later) remained in circulation until the size of the decimal ten pence was itself reduced in 1992, and the coins were finally demonetised in 1993.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=British_coin_Florin (953 words)

	The British Monetary System before Decimalization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Prior to that a pound was 20 shillings, a shilling twelve pence (pennies) and the smallest division of a penny was a farthing.
		The 5p and 10p coins were the same size as the old 1/- and 2/- coins, and no attempt was made to withdraw these old coins from circulation, to the confusion of the visitor.
		ten shillings or half a pound, but usually referring to the ten shilling note (until they went of circulation in 1971).
	www.pauahtun.org /Calendar/money.html (1063 words)

	Canadian Gold Coins 1865-1919
		British types included the guinea, valued at 21 shillings, and the half guinea, equal to 10 shillings, six pence.
		The first gold coins minted for domestic use and bearing Canadian imagery debuted in 1912 and were coined in 1913 and 1914, as well.
		The standards for these coins conform nearly perfectly to their counterparts from the USA, and it was originally planned to include the additional American denominations of $2.50 and $20.
	www.coinsite.com /content/Articles/CanadaGold.asp (923 words)

	British coin Fifty Pence -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The (The people of Great Britain) British decimal fifty (Click link for more info and facts about pence) pence (50p) (A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money) coin was issued in October 1969 in the run-up to decimalisation to replace the ten shilling note.
		Between 1969 and 1997 the coin weighed 13.50 grams and had a diameter of 30.0 millimetres.
		In 1997 the coin was reduced in size to weigh 8.00 grams and have a diameter of 27.3 millimetres.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_coin_fifty_pence.htm (728 words)

	1971 Coin of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1971 the United Kingdom finally converted to decimal currency on February 15th, having made a shaky start in 1848 / 1849 with the issue of florins which were one tenth of a pound.
		The fifty pence was issued in 1969 and circulated alongside the ten shilling note.
		In 1982, all new decimal coins dropped the word "new" from their stated values, and the halfpenny sirvived this change.
	www.coinoftheyear.com /1971.html (344 words)

	Counterfeit British Coppers
		The first significant counterfeiting of British coppers is usually considered to have occurred during the reign of George I following the cessasion of the minting of halfpence and farthings at the end of 1724.
		Coins had been dropped in that area for almost three hundred years as coin were found with dates ranging from 1681 to 1907.
		As this find represents coins lost over a defined twenty year period of time it can provide important evidence concerning general trends in the circulation of colonial coinage but clearly it is not as revealing as a hoard buried at a specific moment in time.
	www.coins.nd.edu /ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html (5881 words)

	The Coin DOC's Answer Archive #17
		The graded coins were housed in a hard plastic holder with the date, coin denomination and grade printed on a label inside.
		Question: I have a 1909 United States one peso coin from the Philipines with an American eagle sitting on top a shilled of stares and stripes on one side and the other with a woman with a hammer in her hand hitting an anvil and a volcano in the backround.
		The only stipulation was that the "coins" have the regular official devices, such in the case of Panama, the Panama Shield or in the case of the British Virgin Islands, the official effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.coinsite.com /content/cdanswers/cdArchive17.asp (3725 words)

	Small Change Coinage of ca. 1700 and Related Coinage Proposals: Introduction
		British law prohibited the export of regal gold and silver coins, however there was no law against exporting British coppers (either regal or token coinages).
		Although the tin coins had a far lower intrinsic value than the the earlier copper halfpence, they were accepted at the same face value since they were produced at the same weight as the previous copper issues.
		Davis said this coin fragment was valued at seven and a half pence (actually that was just about at the sterling rate of 4s6d per dollar, while in the colonies the rate was often from 6s to 8s per dollar, yielding a rate of from 9d to 1s per eighth piece).
	www.nd.edu /~rarebook/coins/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/MA-Pence.intro.html (5814 words)

	British Coin decimalisation
		Unlike the earlier coins, all of which were made from nickel-brass, the new coins were bimetallic with a central cupro-nickel inner disc bonded to an outer brass ring.
		By 1990, a combination of inflation and the realisation that the cupro-nickel coins were unnecessarily large, led to the five pence coin being reduced in weight and size, from 24mm diameter to 18mm.
		The ten pence coin followed in 1992, reduced down to a size similar to the old five pence but, to prevent fraudulent use of old five pence coins, particularly in cash machines, it was made slightly larger and heavier.
	www.predecimal.com /p11decimalisation.htm (1254 words)

	British coin Two Pence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The coin was initially minted from bronze, but since 1992 it has been minted in copper-plated steel except for a few months in 1998 when bronze was used again.
		The reverse of the coin, designed by Christopher Ironside, is a plume of feathers within a coronet, formally The Badge of the Prince of Wales, with its motto ICH DIEN (I serve), with the numeral "2" below the feathers, and either
		During the history of the coin, three different obverses have been used so far - between 1971 and 1984 the head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin was used, between 1985 and 1997 the head by Raphael Maklouf was used, and since 1998 one by Ian Rank-Broadley has been used.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/british_coin_two_pence (290 words)

	The DiCamillo Companion - British Money Home Page
		An earlier version of the Florin existed in the 14th century; it was a gold coin introduced by Edward III in 1344 in an attempt to produce coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England.
		The coin is considered to be part of British coinage because it has no indication of what country it was minted for, being made in the same style as the contemporary Third Farthing.
		The coin was not minted in the new classification and was withdrawn from circulation in 1980.
	www.dicamillocompanion.com /British_Money.html (2759 words)

	coin spoons silver coins sterling
		For several hundred years, this coin was the standard circulating coin throughout the world and a significant portion of world trade was conducted in these coins, much as the US dollar is today.
		This ten centavo coin is dated 1907 and is the finial on a fork.
		The finial is a 20 Sen silver coin and the bowl is a large 1 yen silver coin.
	www.geocities.com /paris/rue/1975/coin.html (890 words)

	Victorian coinage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It was called a florin (a term first used for the coin produced in the 13th century in the Italian city of Florence) and it was minted for nearly 120 years until 1968 when, in preparation for decimalisation, a coin of the same size became the new ten pence piece.
		The ancient plural of 'pence' was retained (the two have always run in parallel, the plural for the coins usually being 'pennies' and for an amount being generally 'pence').
		The ten pence and five pence coins (equivalent to the two shilling and one shilling pieces) were phased in from 1968 and the new fifty pence piece was first issued in October 1969 to replace the ten shilling note which ceased to be legal tender on 22 November 1970.
	www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk /coinage/coins.htm (2714 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Numismatics
		In the study of the science, as well as in the classification of coins, it is the practice to follow, chronologically, three great eras: the ancient, medieval, and modern; geographically, the different political division of the respective times.
		Coins of the archbishops of Canterbury and York are extant.
		Coins are also very frequently used to commemorate enfeoffments, and these bear a representation of the liege lord from whom the kneeling vassal receives the gonfalon.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11152a.htm (6895 words)

	Common Names of British Coin Denominations by Chard
		Actually, I have already covered many of these points in our other coin FAQ page British Coin Denominations However the purpose of that page was to present a complete list of denominations with first and last dates, and values.
		Ten shilling notes were in use from the time of the first world war, replacing the half sovereign, which had a value of ten shillings, but was never referred to as a "ten shilling coin", always "half sovereign", although the amount it represented would be expressed as "ten shillings" (or ten bob).
		Some British coins had a value of thirteen shillings and four pence, but were never known as a mark.
	www.24carat.co.uk /commoncoinnames.html (1294 words)

	British Coin Florin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		coin fifty penny british coin five guineas british coin five penny british coin five pound british coin florin british coin guinea british coin half penny british coin one penny british coin one pound...
		This list of British coin denominations includes a number For example, the florin is shown as having been first issued in Home-gym-review The Web.
		British coin Double Florin The Double Florin was coin weighed 22.6 gram British Coin Florin.
	www.coins1.coin-values-net.com /canadian-change-coin-dollar-making/british-coin-florin.html (514 words)

	Modern Irish Coinage (1928 to date)
		The new decimal 5 pence and 10 pence coins were identical in size and of equivalent value to the previous coinage, these coins were introduced early, in 1969, and the older counterparts were not demonetised.
		The decimal bronze coins were issued in reasonable quantities in 1969 and 1970 in sets of decimal coins to familiarise the population with the new coins.
		The florin continued to circulate until the ten pence was reduced in size and the larger coins and the remaining old florins were withdrawn together in 1993.
	www.irishcoinage.com /MODCOIN.HTM (2885 words)

	CoinResource - Flowing Hair Half Dimes 1794-1795 Coin Guide
		The coins were made in the cellar of Harper's building at Sixth and Cherry Streets, and legend has it that at least some were coined from silverware provided by Martha Washington.
		Adjustment marks are very common on 18th and early 19th century American coins, and they are not considered a significant detriment to the grade or the value of a coin.
		These coins are not terribly expensive in the higher circulated grades, and they represent very fertile ground for the collector who is interested in the early history of this country.
	www.coinresource.com /guide/photograde/pg_05cFlowingHairHalfDime.htm (1158 words)

	Daniel's Coin Zoo - MAIN GATE
		But the Coin Zoo will be populated mainly with animals that were important enough to a country to put on their national circulating coinage, that is, the everyday change that citizens use in daily transactions.
		Ten years after it was first issued, Canada's two-dollar coin has received a face-lift.
		The Coin Zoo welcomes those who attended the COG Spring Fling geocaching event and were lucky enough to get one of the "Wren Nest" prizes.
	coinzoo.clements.on.ca (367 words)

	2004 British Coin Sets
		They are all superior to the mass produced coins which are made for circulation because of the absence of bag marks and scratches.
		The dies are highly polished on the flat surfaces, with a frosted finish on the design, the blanks from which the coins are struck are also polished before striking (minting), so that the finished coins show their designs to the absolutely best effect.
		Each coin is carefully inspected prior to packaging, and is guaranteed to be perfect and without any blemish.
	www.24carat.co.uk /2004coinsets.html (785 words)

	Coin Collecting - Symbols of British Heritage on the currency of the United Kingdom (page 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The chosen designs for the reverses of the new decimal coins were created by Christopher Ironside and, in the words of the then Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, 'although new in style, have, for the most part, a long numismatic ancestry'.
		A second fifty pence coin for 1992 and 1993 bears an historic design to commemorate Britain's Presidency of the Council of Ministers in 1992 and the completion of the European Single Market with effect from 1 January 1993.
		During the reign of the present Queen, Wales has been represented on coins of the United Kingdom and, for the decimal coins, the Badge of the Prince of Wales was chosen for the two pence piece.
	www.fleur-de-coin.com /e-library/uk2.asp?sec=2 (856 words)

	British Army Coinage
		By the reign of George III, there were so many copper counterfeits in circulation that the legitimate British coins were almost overwhelmed, and in fact the reign of George III all but abandoned minting copper coins.
		Some British silver coins were certainly in circulation in North America (through merchants, sailors, visitors, British officers, etc.), and it is conceivable that a soldier might receive British silver for salary or as change.
		For additional information on British coinage in the Colonial era, refer to the “Coins of Colonial and Early America” project of the University of Notre Dame at http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/index.html; and “The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency” at the University of Virginia (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/brock/).
	www.csmid.com /files/coins.html (2847 words)

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