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  • 11Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) — The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700 year history it was made from silver but as the value of the pound declined, the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the …

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  • 12As (Roman coin) — Ases redirects here. For the acronym ASES , see American Solar Energy Society. Circa 240 225 BC. Æ Aes grave As The as (plural asses), also assarius (rendered into Greek as ἀσσάριον, assarion) …

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  • 13Eagle (United States coin) — The eagle was a base unit of denomination issued only for gold coinage by the United States Mint. The eagle was the largest of the four main decimal base units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the… …

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  • 14Crown (British coin) — This article is about the British coin. For other coins called Crown , see Crown. Henry VIII HENRIC VIII RVTILANS ROSA SINE SPIA , crowned double rose flanked by crowned H and K (Henry and Katherine of Aragon); saltire stops …

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  • 15Threepence (British coin) — Infobox Coin Denomination = Three old pence Country = United Kingdom Value = 3 Unit = old pence sterling Mass = 6.8 Diameter = 21 ndash;22 Thickness = approx. 2 Edge = Plain Composition = 79% Cu, 20% Zn, 1% Ni Years of Minting = 1547 ndash;1970… …

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  • 16Solidus (coin) — The solidus (the Latin word for solid ) was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans.The solidus was first introduced by Diocletian around 301, struck at 60 to the Roman pound of pure gold (c. 5.3g) and with an initial value equal to 1000… …

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  • 17Cash (Chinese coin) — A cash (zh cpl|c=方孔錢|p=fāng kǒng qián|l=square holed money, 銅錢 tóng qián copper money, or 銅錢 tóng bì copper currency ) was a type of coin of China and East Asia from the 2nd Century BC until the AD 20th century.TerminologyThe English term cash… …

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  • 18Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… …

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  • 19Penny (United States coin) — Cent (Penny) United States Value 0.01 of a U.S. dollar Mass  2.5 g  (0.080 troy oz) Diameter  19.05 mm  (0.750 in) Thickness …

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  • 20Groat (coin) — Groat is the traditional name of an English silver coin worth four English pennies, and also a Scottish coin originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and a shilling.NameThe name has also been applied to any thick… …

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