Coins of interest to collectors often include those that circulated for only a brief time, coins with mint errors and especially beautiful or historically significant pieces.

After a brief tenure at Matthew Boulton ’ s Birmingham ( Soho ) Mint, Droz returned to France and in 1799 was appointed Keeper of the Coins and Medals at the Paris Mint, which post he held throughout the Napoleonic era.

* A brief bio from an educational Site on Roman Coins

Coins minted in 1975 and 1976, all dated 1776-1976 for the Bicentennial, come in other packaging with the similarly dated quarter and half dollar of that brief series.

Coins may be minted that have fiat values lower than the value of their component metals, but this is never done intentionally and initially for circulation coins, and happens only in due course later in the history of coin production due to inflation, as market values for the metal overtake the fiat declared face value of the coin.

* Coins of the Magdalen Islands ( numismatic history ).

* Coins of the UK-Five pounds and guineas-Tony Clayton's history of the Five Guineas.

The coin is one of the Europa Coins 2007 series, which celebrates European achievements in history.

Coins of Al-Ashraf Khalil were unique in Mamluk coinage history.

Coins have varied greatly in fineness through history.

He also illustrated Evans's Coins of the Ancient Britons, Frederic William Madden's Jewish Coinage, Halliwell's folio Shakespeare and his Sir John Maundeville, Charles Roach Smith's Richborough, the Miscellanea Graphica of Lord Londesborough, and many other works.

Walker's principal writings are: Of education, especially of young gentlemen ( Oxford, 1673, and six other editions ); Ars rationis ad mentem nominalium libri tres ( Oxford, 1673 ); and Greek and Roman History illustrated by Coins and Medals ( London, 1692 ).

By 1959 the Coins and Medals office suite, completely destroyed during the war, was rebuilt and re-opened, attention turned towards the gallery work with new tastes in design leading to the remodelling of Robert Smirke's Classical and Near Eastern galleries.

Styne established his own dance band, which brought him to the notice of Hollywood, where he was championed by Frank Sinatra and where he began a collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn, with whom he wrote many songs for the movies, including " It's Been a Long, Long Time " (# 1 for 3 weeks for Harry James and His Orchestra in 1945 ), " Five Minutes More ," and the Oscar-winning " Three Coins in the Fountain ".

Playing cards first entered Europe in the late 14th century, probably from Mamluk Egypt, with suits ( sets of cards with matching designs ) very similar to the tarot suits of Swords, Staves, Cups and Coins ( also known as disks or pentacles ), and which are still used in traditional Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese decks.

Playing cards first entered Europe in the late 14th century, probably from Mamluk Egypt, with suits very similar to the tarot suits of Swords, Staves, Cups and Coins ( also known as disks, and pentacles ) and those still used in traditional Italian, Spanish and Portuguese decks.

Coins were originally hand-hammered – an ancient technique in which two dies are struck together with a blank coin between them.

* In the Graphic Art Novel The Last Coiner, authored by Peter M. Kershaw in prelude to The Yorkshire Coiners film aka The Last Coiner, and the interactive game Coins and Nooses, were produced with their basis taken from the exploits of the prolific maestros of 18th Century milling, the Cragg Vale Coiners who smelted King George III's currency which ultimately lead to the Monarch ordering their execution by hanging at Tyburn.

Coins bearing the name Italia were minted by an alliance of Italic tribes ( Sabines, Samnites, Umbrians and others ) competing with Rome in the 1st century BC.

Coins with the legend " BENVENTOD " ( an old Latin – or Samnite – form for Beneventor-um ), must have been struck after it became a Latin colony.

" The first Discovery and Settlement of this Country was by the Procurement of Sir Walter Raleigh, in Conjunction with some publick-spirited Gentlemen of that Age, under the Protection of Queen Elizabeth ; for which Reason it was then named Virginia, being begun on that Part called Ronoak-Island, where the Ruins of a Fort are to be seen at this day, as well as some old English Coins which have been lately found ; and a Brass-Gun, a Powder-Horn, and one small Quarter deck-Gun, made of Iron Staves, and hoop'd with the same Metal ; which Method of making Guns might very probably be made use of in those Days, for the Convenience of Infant-Colonies.

Coins from Hephaestia are found in considerable number, and various types including the goddess Athena with her owl, native religious symbols, the caps of the Dioscuri, Apollo, etc.

Coins minted at Cnossus from the fifth century showed the kneeling bull or the head of a goddess crowned with a wreath of grain and on the reverse — the " underside "— a scheme of four meander patterns joined at the centre windmill fashion, sometimes with sickle moons or with a star-rosette at the center: " it is a small view of the nocturnal world on the face of the coin that lay downward in the printing process, and is, as it were, oriented downward ".

Coins issued by Nerva depicted the Genius of the Senate handing the globe to the new emperor, with the legend Providentia Senatus, " the Providence of the Senate.

Rito Revolto, Rita's skeletal brother, later comes to Earth and, with the help of a group of monsters, manages to destroy the Rangers ' Thunderzords and the Tigerzord, which as a result destroys the Dinozords and damages the Power Coins beyond repair.

Undaunted, they seek the aid of Ninjor, alleged creator of the Power Coins, who gives them new Ninja Coins, providing them with the even more powerful Ninjazords and the Falconzord.

Coins were to be minted with technologically advanced equipment so that they would be perfectly round and have milled edges.

Coins of each year were issued both with and without the elephant and castle mark.

The game was later released on the Nintendo 3DS's eShop Virtual Console download service in Japan on December 14, 2011 and in Europe on February 16, 2012 and can be downloaded along with its predecessors, Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, both of which are already available to download.

Coins have long been linked to the concept of money, as reflected by the fact that in some other languages the words " coin " and " currency " are synonymous.

Coins are issued in his name in Cyzicus at some time before the end of 284, but it is impossible to know whether he was still in the public eye by that point.

Coins with the inscriptions " PHANUS REX " and " RESLAVVA CIV " were found in Sweden ; some scholars claim that the coins were minted in "( p ) RESLAVVA CIV ( itas )" or "( b ) RESLAVVA CIV ( itas )" ( i. e., in the town of Bratislava ), but other authors point out that no coins of this type have been found on the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, their weight and diameter differ from King Stephen's other coins and their inscriptions are confused which suggest that they are counterfeit coins minted abroad on the sample of other coins that had been minted following the patterns of King Stephen's coins with the inscriptions " STEPHANUS REX " and " REGIA CIVITAS ".

In the municipal museum of Harnes, one can see the " treasure of Harnes ": Coins, building materials, urns, vases, spears, iron objects and bones as well as some Samian ware ( red glazed pottery ) decorated with eagles, lions, sphinxes etc.

Since the Coins are important in winning some points, the cards of that suit are also nicknamed as " bello " ( handsome ): so, " il settebello " is the Seven of Coins, " l ' asso bello " is the Ace of Coins / Diamonds.

Coins marked with his name continued to be issued until about 20 BC, and some have suggested, based on the length of his floruit, that there may have been two kings, father and son, of the same name.

Parkes wrote papers On Nitric Acid ( Philosophical Magazine, 1815 ), Reply to Dr. Henry … respecting … Bleaching by Oxymuriatic Acid ( Thomson's Annals of Philosophy, 1816 ), and On the Analysis of some Roman Coins ( Journal of Science, 1826 ).

Extra Wumpa Coins and Power Crystals can be earned by playing driving minigames, some of which involve driving for the best lap time, crashing into as many obstacles as possible, shooting at trackside objects, and shooting at moving cars.

Coins that are not genuine or have been altered in some way are not graded.

Coins were minted not only by the kings but some of the wealthier nobility.

Coins of Roman, Byzantine, Greek origin are amongst the more popular ancient coins collected.

Coins reflect the events of the time in which they are produced, so coins issued during historically important periods are especially interesting to collectors.

Coins are used as a form of money in transactions of various kinds, from the everyday circulation coins to the storage of large numbers of bullion coins.

All 10 of the Post Offices of San Marino sell these stamps and collectible coins, including " Legal Gold Tender Coins ".

* Georgian coins minted in Tamar's reign, Zeno. Ru – Oriental Coins Database.

Coins found within this plaster date from the time of Alexander Jannaeus ( 104 – 76 BC ), while a separate collection of coins, dating from the time of the Great Revolt ( AD 66 – 70 ), were also found.

* Asia Minor Coins: ancient Greek and Roman coins from Caria

* Asia Minor Coins: Pamphylia ancient Greek and Roman coins from Pamphylia

Three Coins in he Fountain also inspired the 2010 film When in Rome which tells the story of a woman who takes coins from a love fountain in Rome and finds unwanted love.

If the player loses all of Mario's lives, all of the 6 Coins are returned to the bosses, which must be defeated again to retrieve the coins.

* Coins of the UK – Decimal 5p coins

Coins can be expensive to transport for high value transactions, but banknotes can be issued in large denominations that are lighter than the equivalent value in coins.

* British Coins – Free information about British coins.

* Coins of the UK-History and Values of UK coins

Coins were also vulnerable to " sweating ," which is when silver coins would be placed in a bag that would be vigorously shaken.

Coins dated 1946 and 1949 were minted in far fewer numbers than the rest, and as nickel-brass wears very quickly, higher grade specimens of these coins are expensive to buy now ( both over £ 275 for uncirculated examples ).

* British Coins – Free information about British coins.

Coins of 1703 ( Queen Anne ) have the word VIGO under the Queen's head, indicating that the gold was captured from Spanish galleons in the Battle of Vigo Bay in October 1702, but very few of these coins now remain in existence and they are extremely valuable ( up to £ 50, 000 ).

Coins from 1980 to 1984 use the Arnold Machin effigy of the Queen, while the 1985 – 1990 coins use the Raphael Maklouf effigy.

Coins from 1980 to 1984 use the Arnold Machin effigy of the Queen, while the 1985-1996 coins use the Raphael Maklouf effigy and most later coins use the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy.