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The word manipulation can refer to:

Joint manipulation

Social influence

Sleight of hand tricks in magic.

See also

Abuse

Advertising

Brainwashing

Charisma

Fraud

Indoctrination

Love bombing

Machiavellianism

Manipulator (The Fall of Troy album)

Media manipulation

Mind control

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)

Photo manipulation

Propaganda

Puppeteer

Social engineering

Social psychology

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Kronenthaler || Coin

The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler). It contained one ninth of a Cologne mark of silver and was thus equal to the Reichsthaler of the Leipzig convention. After the Austrian Netherlands was occupied by France, several German states (Bavaria, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt and Württemberg) issued Kronenthaler, […]

Irish farthing coin || Coin

The farthing coin () was the smallest value coin of the pre-decimal Irish pound at 1/960 of the pound, ¼d. Long before decimalisation the coin had lost much of its value through inflation and during the 1960s no coins were produced for general circulation; those minted in 1966 were produced only for commemoration sets.

The design […]

Yarmaq || already minted

Yarmaqs were silver coins minted in the Khazar Khaganate and other Turkic polities in medieval Eurasia.

Resources

Roman K. Kovalev. “What Does Historical Numismatics Suggest About the Monetary History of Khazaria in the Ninth Century? – Question Revisited.” Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 13 (2004): 97–129.

Roman K. Kovalev. “Creating Khazar Identity through Coins: The Special Issue Dirhams of […]

The Quarter Florin or Helm was an attempt by English king Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also Florin or Double Leopard and Half Florin or Leopard). The quarter florin, based on contemporary European gold coins had a value of one shilling and […]

Irish farthing coin || Coin

The farthing coin () was the smallest value coin of the pre-decimal Irish pound at 1/960 of the pound, ¼d. Long before decimalisation the coin had lost much of its value through inflation and during the 1960s no coins were produced for general circulation; those minted in 1966 were produced only for commemoration sets.

The design […]

Jacobus || Coin

A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings.

The correspondence of Isaac Newton refers to the coin:

The Jacobus piece coin’d for 20 shillings is the 41th: part of a pound Troy, and a Carolus 20s piece is of the same weight. But a broad Jacobus (as I […]

Medallic orientation || Coin

Medallic orientation (or medal alignment or variations of these) is a feature of coins. When viewing one side of a coin with medallic orientation, correct side up, the coin must be flipped about its vertical axis in order to see the other side the correct way up. In other words, the image on one […]

Merk (coin) || Coin

A merk was a Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a mark of silver, the merk was in circulation at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century. It was originally valued at 13s 4d, later raised to 14s [1]. In addition to merks, half-merk and quarter-merk coins […]

Merk (coin) || The Coin

A merk was a Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a mark of silver, the merk was in circulation at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century. It was originally valued at 13s 4d, later raised to 14s [1]. In addition to merks, half-merk and quarter-merk coins […]

The Far Side of Paradise is a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener. It was the first biography about Fitzgerald to be published and is credited with renewing public interest in the subject. It dealt frankly with Scott’s alcoholism and his wife Zelda’s schizophrenia.

Edmund Wilson, literary critic and close friend of the Fitzgeralds, […]

Triens || Coin

The triens was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-third of an as (4 unciae). The most common design for the triens was the bust of Minerva and four pellets (indicating four unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse. It was not a […]

Twenty pence || Coin

Twenty pence may refer to:

A British Twenty Pence coin, a decimal subdivision of the pound sterling (United Kingdom).

An Irish twenty pence (decimal coin), a decimal subdivision of the now defunct Irish pound (Republic of Ireland).

A gold English coin Twenty Pence from the 13th century (England).

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Mint condition || The Coin

For the R&B group, see Mint Condition.

Mint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. As the name given to a coin factory is a ‘mint’, then mint condition is the condition a coin is in as it leaves […]

Bullion coin || Coin

A bullion coin is a coin struck from precious metal and kept as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day commerce. Examples include Krugerrands, British sovereigns, the American Eagle series and the Canadian Maple Leaf series.

See also

Gold coin

Silver coin

Platinum coin

Palladium coin

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Quarter dollar || Coin

Quarter dollar may refer to ¼ unit of currencies that are named dollar. Normally 1 dollar is divided into 100 cents, making quarter dollar equal to 25 cents. But most of the time, coins or banknotes of that amount are denominated in one of the two expressions.

See also

Quarter (Canadian coin)

Quarter (United States coin)

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The Double Florin (4/-) was one of the shortest-lived British coin denominations ever, only being produced between 1887 and 1890. The silver coin weighed 22.6 grams and was 36 millimetres in diameter.

The obverse side of the coin shows a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing a veil, with the inscription VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, while the reverse […]

Mule (coin) || Coin

In numismatics, a mule is a coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece. These can be intentional or produced by error. This type of error is highly sought after, and examples can fetch steep prices from collectors.

Several prominent mule errors have been discovered in recent […]

Peso || Coin

The peso (Spanish: “weight” in Portuguese too) is a unit of currency that originated in Spain and is now used by several former Spanish colonies. The peso coin weighed 27 grams and was of 92 percent pure silver.

Today the term peso is sometimes used interchangeably to include the historic Spanish eight real coin (also […]

The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is a third-party appraisal service for grading rare coins. It determines the condition and authenticity of each coin it grades to provide consumers with an independent knowledgeable rating on which to judge the coin. It was founded in 1986, and is located in Newport Beach, CA.

In the May 26 […]