The use of minted coins continued to flourish during the Greek and Roman eras.

The Osmanli ruler Osman I was the first Turkish ruler who minted coins in his own name in 1320s, for it bears the legend " Minted by Osman son of Ertugul ".

It minted coins from the early fifth century BC to the mid-third century AD.

* 1864 – The U. S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time ( Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708 ).

In the 1st century BC, the Boii living in an oppidum of Bratislava ( Slovakia ) minted Biatecs, high-quality coins with inscriptions ( probably the names of kings ) in Latin letters.

The city minted its own coins ; some from the era of Galba survive.

Coin collecting is the collecting or trading of coins or other forms of minted legal tender.

People have hoarded coins for their bullion value for as long as coins have been minted.

Some collect coins minted during a particular ruler's reign or a representative coin from each ruler.

** contemporaneous ancient copies minted as official coins by other cities or rulers

** modern copies of older coins minted as forgeries to fool collectors

Examples of modern gold collector / investor coins include the American Gold Eagle minted by the United States, the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf minted by Canada, and the Krugerrand, minted by South Africa.

Sometimes non-monetized bullion coins such as the Canadian Maple Leaf and the American Gold Eagle are minted with nominal face values less than the value of the metal in them, but as such coins are never intended for circulation, these value numbers are not market but fiat values.

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.

The first Indian coins were minted around the 6th century BC by the Mahajanapadas of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

The Mahajanapadas that minted their own coins included Gandhara, Kuntala, Kuru, Panchala, Shakya, Surasena, and Surashtra.

They do not seem to have been politically centralised: coins are relatively rare, none of them locally minted, and the structure, distribution and construction of Bronze Age and Iron Age hill forts, " rounds " and defensible farmsteads in the south west point to a number of smaller tribal groups living alongside each other.

Julianus minted coins from the mint at Siscia ( Sisak, Croatia ) declaring himself as Emperor and promising freedom.

Modern bullion coins for investment or collector purposes do not require good mechanical wear properties ; they are typically fine gold at 24k, although the American Gold Eagle and the British gold sovereign continue to be minted in 22k metal in historical tradition.

Urban life had generally grown less intense by the fourth quarter of the 4th century, and coins minted between 378 and 388 are very rare, indicating a likely combination of economic decline, diminishing numbers of troops, and problems with the payment of soldiers and officials.

a collection of English, French and German coins, valued at $500 ; ;

It is, however, apparent that by the time of the Romans, coins featuring a star or crescent in some combination were not at all rare.

The thermosetting phenolic resin was at one point considered for the manufacture of coins, due to a shortage of traditional material ; in 1943, Bakelite and other non-metal materials were tested for usage for the one cent coin in the US before the Mint settled on zinc-coated steel.

Contacts with the distant Roman Empire are evidenced by the fact that Roman coins have been found at archeological sites dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

This system aimed at replacing non-decimal fractions of older coins.

Some numismatists, however, regard these as well as later Chinese bronzes that were replicas of knives, spades, and hoes as money but not as coins because they did not at least initially carry a mark or marks certifying them to be of a definite exchange value.

The new system consisted of five coins: the aureus / solidus, a gold coin weighing, like its predecessors, one-sixtieth of a pound ; the argenteus, a coin weighing one ninety-sixth of a pound and containing ninety-five percent pure silver ; the follis, sometimes referred to as the laureatus A, which is a copper coin with added silver struck at the rate of thirty-two to the pound ; the radiatus, a small copper coin struck at the rate of 108 to the pound, with no added silver ; and a coin known today as the laureatus B, a smaller copper coin struck at the rate of 192 to the pound.

Since the nominal values of these new issues were lower than their intrinsic worth as metals, the state was minting these coins at a loss.

The Senate nonetheless rejoiced at the death of Domitian, and immediately following Nerva's accession as Emperor, passed damnatio memoriae on his memory: his coins and statues were melted, his arches were torn down and his name was erased from all public records.

Though there is little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan ( all in modern-day Yemen ), along with gold Aksumite coins with the inscriptions, " king of the Habshat " or " Habashite ," indicate that Aksum might have retained some legal or actual footing in the area.

Etruscan coins have turned up in caches or individually in tombs and in excavations seemingly at random, concentrated, of course, in Etruria.

During the age when the whole point of money was that it was made of precious metal, there was frequent trimming or shaving of coins once they were released to the public, even though people were expected to accept the diminished coins at their face value.

The U. S. Treasury, through its Bureau of the Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, actually produces the nation's cash supply and, in effect, sells the paper currency to the Federal Reserve Banks at manufacturing cost, and the coins at face value.

Simple examples are vending machines which dispense products when the proper combination of coins are deposited, elevators which drop riders off at upper floors before going down, traffic lights which change sequence when cars are waiting, and combination locks which require the input of combination numbers in the proper order.

The first gold coins of the Grecian age were struck in Lydia at a time approximated to the year 700 BC.

According to Groucho, when Shean visited he would throw the local waifs a few coins so that when he knocked at the door he would be surrounded by adoring fans.

Roman coins and pottery have been found circulating at native settlement sites in the Scottish Lowlands in the years before 100, indicating growing Romanisation.

Increasing numbers of hoards of buried coins in Britain at this time indicate that peace was not entirely achieved.

In Scotland and Ireland, Guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom, and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money.

* A motif of the tree of life is featured on Turkish 5 Kuruş coins, to be circulated in early 2009.

All coins since the 17th century have featured a profile of the current monarch's head.

As in current issues, all coins featured 12 stars in their design.

The year featured in the coins can date back to 1999, when the currency was formally established ( only Belgian, Finnish, French, Dutch, and Spanish coins have 1999 ).

The coins were designed by Miljenko Licul and Zvone Kosovelj and featured reliefs of animals by Janez Boljka.

The bell has been featured on coins and stamps, and its name and image have been widely used by corporations.

In the first game, all eight game boards featured Koopa giving the players 10 coins every time they overlapped the board ( 20 coins within the last five turns ) however this feature was omitted in this game, with the exception where it still occurs on the Mini-Game Stadium board.

It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble ( or economic bubble ), although some researchers have noted that the Kipper-und Wipperzeit episode in 1619 – 22, a Europe-wide chain of debasement of the metal content of coins to fund warfare, featured mania-like similarities to a bubble.

These first coins would have come as rather a shock to the public, as for the first time in nearly 200 years a British coin featured a portrait of the monarch wearing a crown.

* He was featured on 100 escudos coins.

With the exception of proof coins issued in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1831, the design of the reverse always featured the George and Dragon of Benedetto Pistrucci, with the year in the exergue under the design.

Assassin's Creed II also allowed the player to distract guards by tossing coins or by hiring thieves and courtesans, and also featured a notoriety level, which made the player more recognizable until they paid off officials or tore down wanted posters.

* In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Finnish War, all Swedish 1 krona coins minted during 2009 featured a stylised depiction of the sky and the sea on the reverse side, flanked by a quote by Anton Rosell: Den underbara sagan om ett land på andra sidan hafvet (" The wonderful story of a land on the other side of the sea ").

The interpretation of imagery featured on coins is clearly subjective, and has drawn criticism for over-interpreting minor details.

There was no mention of the moneyer ’ s name, although occasionally coins featured control marks such as small symbols, letters, or monograms which might have been used to indicate who was responsible for a particular coin.

While the emperor is by far the most frequent portrait on the obverse of coins, heirs apparent, predecessors, and other family members, such as empresses, were also featured.

From the time of Constantine until the " end " of the Roman Empire, coins featured indistinguishable, idealized portraits and general proclamations of greatness.

The obverse ( front ) of these coins featured a highly stylized portrait of the emperor while the reverse ( back ) featured the value of the denomination represented according to the Greek numbering system ( M = 40, K = 20, I = 10, E = 5 ).

It was extensively featured in coins, in lieu of Basileus.

* The mouflon is featured on the symbol of Cyprus Airways, as well as on the 1 -, 2 -, and 5-cent Cypriot euro coins.

Her profile stands out on the official seal of the country, is engraved on French euro coins and appears on French postage stamps ; it also was featured on the former franc currency.