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	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		The coin was not minted in the new classification and was withdrawn from circulation in 1980.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 (2813 words)

	Guinea (British coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The diameter of the coin was 25 millimetres throughout Charles II's reign, and the average gold content (from an assay done in 1773) was 0.9100.
		The guineas of this reign weighed 8.5 grams, were 25–26 mm in diameter, and were the work of James and Norbert Roettier and were produced in all years between 1689 and 1694 both with and without the elephant and castle; in 1692 and 1693 the mark of the elephant alone was also used.
		George I's guinea coins were struck in all years between 1714 and 1727, with the elephant and castle sometimes appearing in 1721, 1722, and 1726.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinea_(British_coin) (2065 words)

	Third guinea (British coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Third Guinea coin is unique among the British gold coinage in having been produced exclusively in the reign of one monarch, in this case King George III.
		When it was introduced in 1797 the financial situation at the Bank of England was very precarious -- gold was in short supply thanks to the effects of the French Revolutionary wars, and banknotes were given legal tender status in any amount.
		The coin weighed 2.8 grams and was 17 millimetres in diameter, with a milled edge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_coin_Third_Guinea (274 words)

	Currency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coins could be counterfeited, but they also created a new unit of account, which helped lead to banking.
		It was with Archimedes' principle that the next link in currency occurred: coins could now be easily tested for their fine weight of metal, and thus the value of a coin could be determined, even if it had been shaved, debased or otherwise tampered with (see Numismatics).
		Silver coins were used for large, but common, transactions, and as a unit of account for taxes, dues, contracts and fealty, while copper coins represented the coinage of common transaction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Currency (2167 words)

	Coin Collecting
		Gold coins from the five guineas to the half-guinea, together with the silver from the crown to the sixpence were struck with both portraits.
		One of the commonest gold coins of the reign of George III is the `spade' guinea.
		In 1860 bronze coins were introduced to replace the large copper coins which were rather clumsy and soon became worn because of the softness of the metal and the amount of circulation they received.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles02/article1085.shtml (2630 words)

	British Coins before the Florin, Compared to French Coins of the Ancient Regime
		Silver coins would simply become tokens for their face value in gold, regardless of the intrinsic value of silver (so long as this was less than the face value!).
		As it happened, even as the actual Guinea coins must have passed out of ordinary use, the "Guinea" as a unit of value survived: Objects of particular value, like jewelry, or professional services, as for a lawyer, might be expressed in Guineas rather than pounds.
		The modern British 5p coin, which is the decimal descendant of the shilling, thus may be said to be the last link to Roman coinage, although, as the solidus, it only existed on paper for the many centuries of the silver penny.
	www.friesian.com /coins.htm (7159 words)

	Welcome to Coincraft
		Coins were struck at this mint from dies shipped in from London and their minting ceased before the Civil War started.
		British coins were struck in Sterling Silver until 1919, at which point the metal content was changed to 500 fine silver.
		Third Farthing - A coin with the value of one third of a farthing, which in turn is a quarter of a penny which is again one 240th of a pound.
	www.coincraft.com /intros/glossary.asp (13506 words)

	MONEY - Online Information article about MONEY
		COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr.
		Very large pieces are hard to coin, and they give facilities for improper treatment by drilling holes and filling them up with cheaper metal, or even for the entire removal of the interior, the faces being preserved.
		The actual coins issued have, of course, to be adapted to the requirements of the particular community.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOL_MOS/MONEY.html (7723 words)

	Petsyclopedia - General Info About Guinea Pigs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Guinea pigs are the dish of honor (called cuy) at some Peruvian wedding feasts and play the role of evil-spirit collector in traditional healing rituals.
		Guinea pigs are large for rodents, weighing between 1 and 3 pounds (0.5 and 1.5 kg) and measuring 10 to 15 inches (250 to 400 mm) long.
		Guinea pigs in the wild live on grassy plains and occupy an ecological niche similar to that of the cow.
	www.petsyclopedia.com /guinea-pigs/basic.xml (1330 words)

	The Coin Zoo - Coins picturing animals
		The coin was minted in China and distributed primarily to collectors in China and Hong Kong, thus the legends are in Chinese and English.
		The Brilliant Uncirculated coins are struck in copper-nickel and are 39mm in diameter.
		A Rhinoceros is on the 10 Kwacha, an Oryx is on the 5 Kwacha, a pair of eagles is on the 1 Kwacha, a rare Kafue Lechwe is on the 50 Ngwee and a crowned hornbill bird is on the 25 Ngwee.
	www.joelscoins.com /zoo.htm (2525 words)

	Victorian coinage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		For most people the penny was still the central coin of their currency and was used in words like 'penn'orth' meaning a penny-worth of something as in 'I'll take a penn'orth of tobacco' and also as in 'it's a good penn'orth, sir' meaning it is good value for your penny.
		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 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)

	British Money - British Culture, Customs and Traditions
		The Guinea was a coin until 1797, it was the first British machine-struck gold coin, and was originally worth one pound.
		In fact the term guinea survives in some circles, notably horse racing, to mean an amount of one pound and five pence in decimalised currency.
		A farthing was a mag, a silver threepence was a joey and the later aluminium-bronze threepence was called a threepenny bit (pronounced threp'ny bit), a sixpence was a tanner, the two-shilling coin or florin was a two-bob bit, and the two shillings and sixpence coin or half-crown was a half dollar.
	www.learnenglish.de /culture/britishmoney.htm (1502 words)

	World Coin Photo Gallery
		Our coin shown is a 5 cent of Edward VIII dated 1936, and struck by the King's Norton Metal Company of Birmingham, hence the KN mintmark on the obverse under the word "cents".
		This coin date was never released for circulation, although a small quantity recently came to light after the demise of the Birmingham Mint.
		The coin shown is a tetradrachm of the Ptolemy dynasty, descendants of a Roman general who ruled Egypt for many generations.
	www.24carat.co.uk /worldcoinphotogallerye.html (704 words)

	CoinPeople.com -> British Gold Coins 1663-1925
		The coins bearing his portrait are collected as a separate series altogether, while the reverse design reverted to that of Charles II and James II.
		The guinea of 21 shillings was superseded by the sovereign of 20 shillings, though the former survived as a money of account until decimalization in 1971.
		Sovereigns were coined with the Pistrucci reverse and later with an ornately garnished shield surmounted by a crown.
	www.coinpeople.com /index.php?showtopic=1064 (1573 words)

	British Money
		The higher value coins (6d up when I was a boy although when I was small they still had silver 3d pieces) were called "silver" but after about 1920 they were greatly debased with up to 50% of other metal and in 1947 silver was relaced with cupro-nickel.
		However the name was preserved in the half-crown coin worth 2s 6d (an eighth of a pound) which was the highest value coin when I was a boy.
		I have a third farthing and a half farthing coin from Victorian times but I have been told these were for use in some of our overseas possessions.
	website.lineone.net /~davghalgh/money.html (807 words)

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