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 […]

Half dollar may refer to ½ unit of currencies that are named dollar. Normally 1 dollar is divided into 100 cents, making half dollar equal to 50 cents. But most of the time, coins or banknotes of that amount are denominated in one of the two expressions.

See also

Fifty cent coin (Australian)

50 cent piece […]

Go For It is a Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).

Track listing

“Roots Radicals Rockers and Reggae” (O’Reilly) – 3:59

“Just Fade Away” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:06

“Go for It” (Fingers) – 3:17

“The Only One” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 4:18

“Hits and Misses” (Burns/Ogilvie) – 3:51

“Kicking Up a Racket” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:44

“Safe as […]

The Magdalen Islands had only one coin - a 1 Penny token issued in 1815 by Sir Isaac Coffin.

The obverse of the coin depicts a seal on an ice floe. It is inscribed ‘MAGDALEN ISLAND TOKEN 1815′. The reverse of the coin depicts two gutted fish similar to that depicted on 1/2d. tokens from […]

Regular issue coinage is a term that distinguishes coins created for commerce from commemorative coins. Regular issue coins are normally produced in relatively large numbers, and are primarily meant to be used as pocket change, not collected. Business Strike is the technical term for regular issue coinage.

Because special collector coins, such as proof coinage, are […]

The semis (literally meaning half) was small Roman bronze coin that was valued at half an as. During the Roman Republic, the semis was distinguished by an ‘S’ (indicating semis) or 6 dots (indicating a theoretical weight of 6 unciae). The coin featured a bust of Saturn on the obverse, and the prow of a […]

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 […]

The quincunx was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The word quincunx comes from Latin “quinque” which means “five” and “uncia” which means “one twelfth”, because the coin was valued at five-twelfths of an as (a libra or 5 unciae). This value was sometimes symbolized by a patterns of five […]

An Angel is a gold coin, first used in France (where it was also known as an Angelot and an Ange) in 1340, and introduced into England by Edward IV in 1465 as a new issue of the “noble” and so at first called the “angel-noble“. It varied in value between that period and the […]

“Dead Man Walking” is song and single by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels from the 1997 album Earthling.

The guitar riff used in the intro dates back to the mid-60s when Jimmy Page taught this to Bowie. Bowie later used it for his song “The Supermen” in 1972, and revived it 25 years later for […]

Highway 103 can refer to multiple roads:

Canada
In Canada:

New Brunswick Route 103

Nova Scotia Provincial Highway 103

Highway 103 (Ontario)

China
In China:

China National Highway 103

Japan

Route 103 (Japan)

United States
In the United States:

Arkansas Highway 103

California Highway 103 (Pacific Highway)

Colorado Highway 103

Route 103 (Connecticut)

State Road 103 (Florida)

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The Coin walk is a type of coin trick in which a coin is flipped over the fingers to create the illusion of a coin walking across the back of the hand. It is one of the most famous coin manipulation tricks. It is also known as the coin roll, knuckle roll, and the steeplechase.

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The neugroschen is a coin that was introduced in 1841 in Saxony. It was equivalent to the Prussian silbergroschen but was divided into 10 pfennig, not 12 as in Prussia.

See also

Grosch

Silbergroschen

Groschen

Jim's Medieval Coin Page - A Virtual Tour of my Collection This is a virtual tour of my medieval coin collection with pictures and descriptions […]

In coin collecting, a key date refers to a date (or date and mint mark combination) of a given coin series or set that is harder to obtain than other dates in the series. The next level of difficult to obtain coins in series are often referred to as semi-key dates or simply semi-keys.

For […]

Silver dollar may refer to:

A United States dollar coin made of any white metal, especially one made of silver.

A Canadian Silver Dollar commemorative coin.

Three species of characins, named from their resemblance to the coin:

Metynnis argenteus.

Metynnis hypsauchen.

Metynnis maculatus.

A type of pancake, typically about 7 cm (3 inches) in diameter […]

The victoriatus was a silver coin issued during the Roman Republic from about 221 BC to 170 BC. The obverse of the coin featured the bust of Jupiter and the reverse featured Victory placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription “ROMA” in exergue.

The coin originally weighed about 3.4 grams (3 scruples), meaning that […]

The items listed on this page form part of the multi-page list of environment topics.

This is a list of topics related (in whole or in part) to (a) phenomena in the natural environment which have a definite or significantly possible connection with human activity or (b) features of human activity which have a definite or […]

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).

Rare Coins Gold Coins U.S. Rare Coin Investments Rare Coins […]

Railway platforms at railway stations on double lines can be side platforms or island platforms. With side platforms, track centres remain the same, and no space is lost for slewing the track to wider centres, as would be needed for an island platform. Side platforms usually have access to neighbouring streets.

The distance between the […]

The half laurel was a British coin minted between 1619 and 1625, with a value of ten shillings (half a pound, or laurel).

The half laurel was the third British gold coin with a value of ten shillings produced during the reign of King James I. It was named after the laurel that the king is […]

The okito box is a cylindrical box fitted to the size of a coin, used to perform coin magic. A coin placed in the box seems to vanish, appear, penetrates the box, and so forth.

Ancient Greek and Roman Coins 2004 Version Covers collecting Roman, Greek and Byzantine coins, with FAQ and vocabulary.
Systems in Motion: […]

Route 21, or Highway 21, can refer to:

Canada

Alberta Highway 21

British Columbia Highway 21

Manitoba Highway 21

Newfoundland and Labrador Route 21

Highway 21 (Ontario)

Prince Edward Island Route 21

Saskatchewan Highway 21

Japan

Route 21 (Japan)

United States

U.S. Route 21

State Route 21 (Alabama)

Highway 21 (Arkansas)

State Route 21 (California)

State Road 21 (Florida)

Georgia State Route 21

Illinois […]

50 cents may refer to 50 subunits of currencies where the subunit is called a cent. Note that some of these currencies may not be dollars; see cent (currency) for complete listing. Normally 1 main unit is divided into 100 cents, making ½ main unit equal to 50 cents. But most of the time, coins […]

In the kidney, the collecting tubule (CNT, or junctional tubule, or arcuate renal tubule) is a tubular segment of the renal collecting duct system that connects the distal convoluted tubule to the cortical collecting duct.

Classification
Many sources include the connecting tubule as part of the collecting duct system. However, the embryological origin is more similar to […]

A number of piano concertos have been written for the left hand. The best known of these is the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major by Maurice Ravel, which was written for Paul Wittgenstein.

Other piano concertos for the left hand include:

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Piano Concerto for the left hand, Op. […]