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Coin and clipping
* Coin clipping, shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
Coin debasement was effected by several methods, including clipping ( shaving metal from the coin's circumference ) and sweating ( shaking the coins in a bag and collecting the dust worn off ).
Coin clipping is why many coins have the rim of the coin marked with stripes ( milling or reeding ), text ( engraving ) or some other pattern that would be destroyed if the coin were clipped.

Coin and was
The first true video slot machine was developed in 1976 in an industrial suite in Kearney Mesa, CA by N. Cerracchio, R. Greene, W. Beckman, J. Reukes, and L. Black under the direction of the Las Vegas based Fortune Coin Co.
A children's storybook written by Walter Gibson entitled The Coin of El Diablo Affair was also published.
On June 7, 2006, a bill titled America ’ s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 was introduced to the House of Representatives.
After World War II in Germany a project, Fundmünzen der Antike ( Coin finds of the Classical Period ) was launched, to register every coin found within Germany.
Inside the Dome there was a play area named Timekeepers of the Millennium ( featuring the characters Coggsley and Sprinx ), The Millennium Coin Minting Press in association with the Royal Mint, the 1951 Festival of Britain Bus, and the Millennium Star Jewels ( focus of the failed Millennium Diamond heist.
In 1890, Louis Glass and William S. Arnold invented the nickel-in-the-slot phonograph, the first of which was an Edison Class M Electric Phonograph retrofitted with a device patented under the name of Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonograph.
Coin from ancient Thasos showing Satyr and nymph, dated to late fifth century BC. Archilochus was involved in the Parian colonization of Thasos about two centuries before the coin was minted.
Picayune was founded in 1904, named by Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, the owner and the publisher of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, a newspaper named for the Spanish Coin.
The First Spouse Program under the Presidential $ 1 Coin Act authorizes the United States Mint to issue 1 / 2 ounce $ 10 gold coins and bronze medal duplicates to honor the first spouses of the United States. The Martha Washington coin was released on June 19, 2007, and was sold out in hours.
William Hunter was an avid antique coin collector and the Hunter Coin cabinet in the Hunterian Museum is one of the world's great collections.
His capacity as a novelist, in the fresh, humorous description of peasant life, was revealed in Un Coin de village ( 1879 ).
He was also recently selected to appear on the 10 euro Justus Lipsius Silver commemorative Coin, minted by Belgium in 2006.
A proof " Coin & Chronicles " set was issued for 2009, which included one each of the 4 different Lincoln Cent designs and a commemorative Lincoln Silver Dollar, presented in special packaging.
Zack was chosen as the Black Power Ranger, gaining the Mastodon Power Coin and the Mastodon Dinozord.
Adam was given the powers of both the Mastodon Power Coin and the Lion Thunderzord.
What struck critics as new about Ranpo ’ s debut story " The Two-Sen Copper Coin " was that it focused on the logical process of ratiocination used to solve a mystery within a story that is closely related to Japanese culture.
* 1891: The $ 50 Treasury or " Coin Note " was issued and given for government purchases of silver bullion from the silver mining industry.
Throughout the $ 2 bill's pre-1929 life as a large-sized note, it was issued as a United States Note, National Bank Note, Silver Certificate, and Treasury or " Coin " Note.
Coin flipping as a game was known to the Romans as " navia aut caput " (' ship or head '), as some coins had a ship on one side and the head of the emperor on the other.
He was an honorary member of numerous Swedish and foreign scientific societies and institutions which honored him with some 40 gold medals ; 27 of these medals can be viewed in Stockholm in a display case in the Royal Coin Cabinet.
Île du Coin was the only island that was settled permanently in Peros Banhos.
Since 1756 Île du Coin was home to a population of up to 500 people.

Coin and usually
Coin spinning is much more likely to be biased than flipping, and conjurers trim the edges of coins so that when spun they usually land on a particular face.
Attract mode usually displays the game's title screen, the game's story ( if it has one ), its high score list, sweepstakes ( on some games ) and the message " Game Over " or " Insert Coin " over or in addition to a computer-controlled demonstration of gameplay.
Publishers usually balked at Barreiros's unorthodox picks, and so books like Stephen R. Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane, Nancy A. Collins's Sunglasses After Dark and James Blaylock's The Last Coin were translated but never published.

Coin and considered
Coin magic is generally considered harder to master than other close-up techniques such as card magic, and is one of the least performed forms of conjuring.
Given the symbols of Waukeen ( pearls or coins ) stamped into many doors and signboards in Athkatla, nearly every street comer there could be considered a shrine to the Coin Goddess.
Not doing is often considered unprofessional and unethical by most professional numismatists, according to Coin World's May, 2003 articles.

Coin and by
* 1933 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 " forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates " by U. S. citizens.
Coin issued by the Greek coastal city of Histria ( Sinoe ) | Histria ( Sinoe )
Coin collecting can become a competitive activity, as prompted by the recent emergence of PCGS ( Professional Coin Grading Service ) and NGC ( Numismatic Guarantee Corporation ) Registry Sets.
Coin struck by Constantine I to commemorate the founding of Constantinople
Image: Menorah-antignos. jpg | Coin depicting a menorah issued by the last Hasmonean king, Mattathias Antigonus, c. 40BCE
Current NASCAR President Mike Helton ( left ) being presented a Commandant of the Coast Guard | Commandant Challenge coin | Coin by Admiral Thomas H. Collins ( right ) in 2005.
Fortune Coin Co. and their video slot machine technology were purchased by IGT ( International Gaming Technology ) in 1978.
Coin of Louis II of Hungary with the inscription in Latin: " Louis by the grace of God King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia "
* Coins issued by King Eadred at Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds
Coin minted by Herod Agrippa I.
Also on the river is the London Eye and Hayward Gallery, to the east of which is the Oxo Tower wharf and adjacent areas redeveloped by the Coin Street Community Builders.
In February 2009 Coin World reported that some 2007 Abigail Adams medals were struck using the reverse from the 2008 Louisa Adams medal, apparently by mistake.
The Nintendo Coin can only be found in the game's third area, Frantic Factory, with Donkey Kong, by playing the original Donkey Kong arcade game and winning twice ( first for the Golden Banana, and second for the Nintendo Coin ).
Coin issued by Mattathias Antigonus c. 40 BCE
* Denier du rêve ( 1934, revised 1958 – 59 )-translated A Coin in Nine Hands ( by Dori Katz ), ISBN 0-552-99120-1
Shortly afterwards, Coin gains entry to the Great Hall in UU and, after besting one of the top wizards in the University is welcomed by the majority of the wizards.
Coin returns the University to its former glory ( his offer to make everything as good as new is rejected by the Librarian, who asks him to restore everything so that it is as good as old ).
Italy's most famous department stores are Coin, established in Mirano, Venice in 1926 and La Rinascente, founded in Milan in 1865 by Luigi and Ferdinando Bocconi.
Coin issued by Constantine
Coin issued by Michael VIII Palaeologus to celebrate the liberation of Constantinople from the Latin army, and the restoration of the Roman / Byzantine Empire.

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