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 […]

Alexander of Paris, also known as Alexander of Bernay, was a Norman poet of the 12th century, who wrote Li romans d’Alexandre (Romance of Alexander), one of the first poems written in French on the mythical exploits of Alexander the Great. It was composed in twelve-syllabled lines, called after him alexandrines.

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“Upside Down” is a song by Motown legend Diana Ross. It was the first single taken from her 1980 album “Diana” and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 6, 1980. The single was also a big hit internationally, reaching #2 in the UK.

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In order theory, a partially ordered set X is said to satisfy the countable chain condition, or to be ccc, if every strong antichain in X is countable. There are really two conditions: the upwards and downwards countable chain conditions. These are not equivalent. We adopt the convention the countable chain condition means the downwards […]

A medal-coin or non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) coin is regarded as legal tender, but it does not circulate for the following reasons:

The intrinsic value exceeds the denominational value.

The currency unit is not in common use.

The coin is issued in proof only.

The coin is sold to collectors at a premium above the […]

The sixpence coin was a pre-decimal coin and worth 1/40 of an Irish pound. The coin was originally struck in nickel, like the threepence coin and was very well wearing. The metal was changed to cupronickel in 1942 as the metal became more valuable; this coin is less well wearing and consisted of 75% copper […]

The Best of Isaac Asimov, published in 1973, is a collection of 12 short stories by Isaac Asimov, chosen by Asimov himself. It includes 2 of his early works, 2 of his late works (post-1960), and 8 from the 1950s, which he refers to as his “golden decade” in the introduction. Except for the last […]

The three-pence coin was a pre-decimal coin worth 1/80 of an Irish pound. The Irish name (leath reul) literally meant “half reul“, the reul being a sixpence coin worth the same as the Spanish real.

The design was by the English artist Percy Metcalf. Originally it was struck in nickel and was very hard-wearing. In 1942, […]

The two pence coin was the third smallest denomination of the Irish pound which was decimalised on Decimal Day, February 15, 1971. It was the third of three new designs introduced all in bronze.

The coin was designed by the Irish artist Gabriel Hayes and the design is adapted from the Second Bible of Charles the […]

Retention of Vision is a conjuring term referring to the perceived image of an object during a vanish (usually associated with vanishing coins). In a Retention of Vision vanish the spectator sees a coin placed on a palm and as the fingers are closed around the coin it is secretly removed, but, due to the […]

The quinarius was a small Roman coin silver coin valued at half a denarius.

The quinarius was struck for a few years, along with the silver sestertius, following the introduction of the denarius in 211 BC. At this time the quinarius and was valued at 5 asses. The coin was reintroduced in 101 BC as a […]

Soli can refer to:

Soli, an ancient city on the island of Cyprus.

Soli, an ancient city in Cilicia, later renamed Pompeiopolis.

Soli, a 10th century name for Tuzla, a city in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In orchestral music, soli refers to a divided string section with only one player to a line. Compare: solo (music)

Solidaritätszuschlag, the […]

The harem effect is an example of situational sexual behaviour in which women confined in a harem practice lesbianism due to lack of male contact. This is similar to prison sexuality in that those involved would, presumably, be exclusively heterosexual given the option.

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Harem

Polygyny

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The stuiver was a coin used in the Netherlands until the Napoleonic Wars. It was worth 16 penning or 8 duit. Twenty stuivers equalled a gulden, which made the stuiver the Dutch equivalent to the shilling.

After decimalisation of Dutch currency, the name “stuiver” was preserved as a nickname for the five-cent coin until the introduction […]

The fals (plural fulus) was a copper coin produced by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates beginning in the late 7th century. The name is a corruption of follis, a Roman and later Byzantine copper coin. The fals usually featured ornate Arabic script on both sides. Various copper fals were produced until the 19th century.

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