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

A halfback or half back may refer to:

The fly-half or scrum-half positions in rugby union football

The scrum-half position in rugby league football

A traditional type of defender/midfielder in football (soccer), who would either be centre half or wing half.

A type of running back, also known as a tail back, in American football

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Commemorative may refer to:

Commemorative coin

United States Commemorative Coin

Commemorative issue - a special edition of a book, magazine, or other item released around, or in memory of, a special event or occurrence.

Commemorative stamp

Commemorative plaque

See also

Commemoration (disambiguation)

Rare Coins Gold Coins U.S. Rare Coin Investments Rare Coins - US Rare Coin Investments Educational and in depth […]

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 Other Side of the Sky (ISBN 0-451-14937-8) is a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke originally published in 1958. The stories all originally appeared in a number of different publications.

Contents

Bibliographical Note

“The Nine Billion Names of God”

“Refugee”

The Other Side of the Sky:

“Special Delivery”

“Feathered Friends”

“Take a Deep Breath”

“Freedom of Space”

“Passer-by”

“The Call […]

A coin of account is a unit of money that does not exist as an actual coin (that is, a metal disk) but is used in figuring prices or other amounts of money. For example, the mill (or sometimes, mil) is a coin of account in the United States. It is equal to […]

Coins are made from one or more coinage metals.

Many coinage metals are from Group 11 of the Periodic table, but not all of them. Precious metals are used in bullion coins and some collectable coins.

External links

List of metals and their alloys which have been used in coins

Old Coin and Currency Values Additional information on […]

The design of the Israeli 10 agorot coin was briefly a subject of controversy. In a press conference called by Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat in Geneva, in December 13, 1988, he claimed that the obverse design of this coin incorporates a map of a “Greater Israel” that “goes from the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia, […]

The half-crown coin was a pre-decimal coin worth 1/8 of an Irish pound. The coin featured the Irish hunter, a breed of horse; the original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1943 contained 75% silver, a higher content than the equivalent British coin. It is believed that this was done so that the new […]

The Order of the Crown is a decoration issued by several countries. The following nations either presently, or in the past, have issued the Order of the Crown:

Order of the Crown (Belgium)

Order of the Crown (Netherlands)

Order of the Crown (Prussia)

Order of the Crown (Monaco)

Order of the Crown (Netherlands)

Order […]

The bes was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic. The bes, valued at two-thirds of an as (8 unciae), was only produced in 126 BC by C. Cassius in combination with the dodrans, another very rare denomination which was valued at three-fourths of an as.

See also

Roman currency

Ancient Greek coinage

R.O.M.A. […]

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The halfpenny coin was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound at 1/480 of the pound. The artist was given the choice of a boar, sow or ram and ultimately the sow, with a litter was chosen.

The design was by Percy Metcalf, an English artist, and the coin had a diameter of 1.005 […]

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 fifty pence coin was introduced on February 17 1970 and is a seven sided coin, an equilateral curve heptagon of constant breadth (3 centimetres) and mass 13.5 grams. The sides are not straight but are curved so that the centre of curvature is the opposite apex of the coin - this is an equilateral […]

A private good is defined in economics as a good that exhibits these properties:

Excludable - it is reasonably possible to prevent a class of consumers (e.g. those who have not paid for it) from consuming the good.

Rivalrous - consumptions by one consumer prevents simultaneous consumption by other consumers.

A private good is the opposite […]

Blackstone’s Card Trick Without Cards is a magic trick. As the trick requires only that a card is thought of, it does not require the use of a deck of cards.

Method
A spectator is instructed to think of any card (other than the joker). The magician then gives the following instructions:

Take the card’s […]

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 […]

Florin may refer to:

Modern currency

Aruban florin, the currency of Aruba

Hungarian forint, the official currency of Hungary

The currency sign “ƒ”, called the florin sign

Obsolete coins

Italian coin florin, minted in Florence in 1252 (origin of name “florin”), first gold coin minted after the Dark Ages in Western Europe; see also, Bezants

Dutch gulden, […]

This article is about paisa, the coin used in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. For other uses, see Paisa (disambiguation).

A paisa (pl. paise) is a monetary unit currently equivalent to of a rupee or Bangladeshi taka and is used in several countries, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Variant spellings include poisha (especially in […]

A partial index is a database index which has some condition applied to it such that it only includes a portion of the rows in the table.

This can allow the index to remain small even though the table may be rather large, and have fairly extreme selectivity.

Suppose you have a transaction table where entries start […]

This article is a collection of concise Numismatic and coin collecting terms for the beginner or professional.

‘Numismatics (ancient Greek: ‘) is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. While numismatists are often characterized as studying coins, the discipline also includes the study of banknotes, stock certificates, medals, medallions, and […]

The sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae). The most common design for the sextans was the bust of Mercury and two pellets (indicating two unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse. Earlier types depicted a […]

KWST, “K-West 106″ was a rock station in Los Angeles, which had been a beautiful music station prior to January 1, 1975 (the station had originally signed on as KFI-FM July 15, 1946, later becoming KBMS in 1958 before adopting the KWST call letters in 1969). K-West emulated the then-popular sound of KMET & […]