Therefore, pure antimony is not used to make hard objects: coins made of antimony were issued in China's Guizhou province in 1931, but because of their rapid wear, their minting was discontinued.

A legacy of old national practice is the minting of silver and gold commemorative coins.

The original reason for minting these colossal coins, some of which exceeded a full pound ( over 450g ) of silver and being over 12 cm in diameter, is uncertain.

It is unclear if the reason that no coins were minted with his name was his short term of office or a change in policy towards the Archbishop of Canterbury minting coins in his own name.

The character is of such importance to the identity of the city that the local Chamber of Commerce commissioned the minting of a $ 3. 00 coin, which was considered legal tender within the city during the year following its issue.

The profit of minting a coin valued at two denarii, but weighing only about one and a half times as much is obvious ; the reaction to these coins by the public is unknown.

As a designation for Iberia or its southern portion, the name is first attested to by inscriptions on coins minted by the new Muslim government in Iberia, circa 715 ( the uncertainty in the year is due to the fact that the coins were bilingual in Latin and Arabic and the two inscriptions differ as to the year of minting ).

The history of coins extends from ancient times to the present, and is related to economic history, the history of minting technologies, the history shown by the images on coins, and the history of coin collecting.

A Romanian stamp from 1947 showing a face value of 12 Lei. The face value is the value of a coin, stamp or paper money, as printed on the coin, stamp or bill itself by the minting authority.

A common minting error on this coin, estimated at 80, 000, from a mintage of 300, 000, 000 coins, is the omission of the edge lettering causing a plain outside edge.

With the mass production of currency, the production cost is weighed when minting coins.

A revenue, called seigniorage, is made on this minting process.

Hywel Dda is considered one of the most accomplished of Welsh rulers, minting his own coins, creating the revolutionary Welsh Laws, and using his diplomacy to secure Wales at a particularly turbulent period.

Having the citizens learn the language is as much a part of participating in the micronation as minting coins and stamps or participating in government.

Saint-Gaudens referred to his early relief portraits as " medallions " and took a great interest in the art of the coin: his $ 20 gold piece, the double eagle coin he designed for the US Mint, 1905 – 1907, though it was adapted for minting, is still considered the most beautiful American coin ever issued.

Zecca is " a mint ", from Arabic sikkah " a minting die ", meaning " ornamental disc or spangle ".

Inscribed along the edge of the coin is the year of minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, 13 stars, and also the legends E Pluribus Unum.

In Nepal, minting of tola size gold coins continue up to the present, even though the currency of Nepal is called rupee and has no official connection to the tola.

* A series of catalog numbers, named after numismatic historians Leroy Van Allen and George Mallis, which is used in US numismatics to document minting varieties of Morgan and Peace dollars.

Producing or using counterfeit money is a form of fraud or forgery. Roman coins were struck using a minting process, not cast, so these coin molds were created for forgery.

A soot sample taken from the flue showed traces of silver and gold in it, but scientists say that the story about Demidov minting coins is probably a myth.

Around the rim of the Galleon is inscribed at least one serial number, which identifies the goblin who was responsible for minting the coin.

The nobles, along with the bishops, formed the haute cour ( high court ), which was responsible for confirming the election of a new king ( or a regent if necessary ), collecting taxes, minting coins, allotting money to the king, and raising armies.

When Larissa ceased minting the federal coins it shared with other Thessalian towns and adopted its own coinage in the late 5th century BC, it chose local types for its coins.

Though his early reception in the city seems to have been lukewarm, Procopius won favor quickly by using propaganda to his advantage: he sealed off the city to outside reports and began spreading rumors that Valentinian had died ; he began minting coinage flaunting his connections to the Constantinian dynasty ; and he further exploited dynastic claims by using the widow and daughter of Constantius II to act as showpieces for his regime.

Royal Mint branches were established in Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, and Perth, Western Australia for the purpose of minting gold sovereigns from Australia's rich gold deposits.

In the U. S. one of those periods of warfare was the Civil War, which destroyed the economy of the South, while the California Gold Rush made large amounts of gold available for minting.

The colony's principal bank was the Banque de l ' Indochine, established in 1875 and was responsible for minting the colony's currency, the Indochina piastre.

All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU, the year of minting, and the word España ( Spanish for Spain ).

Since the fall of the Roman Empire, the Frankish kings had always shown a certain deference to the Byzantine Emperor, but Theudebert rejected his status as an inferior leader: for example, he broke imperial custom by minting gold coins containing his own image.

Although he was formally a vassal of the crown of Poland, Albert retained self-government for Prussia, his own army, the minting of his currency, a provincial assembly ( Prussian Diet, Landtag ), and had substantial autonomy in foreign affairs.

The Coinage Act of 1849 or the Gold Coinage Act was an act of the United States Congress which allowed for the minting of two new denominations of gold coins, the gold dollar and the gold $ 20 or double eagle.

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In the first two years of minting, 1762 and 1763, the coin was obviously produced for general circulation as examples are generally found well worn ; on the other hand, coins from the late issue ( 1817 – 20 ) are usually found in very fine condition, indicating that they were probably issued as Maundy money.

A final attempt to standardize the currency in the Philippines was made by the Spanish government with the minting of a silver peso expressly for use in the colony and firmly reestablishing the silver standard as the Philippine monetary system.

Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of coins, striking millions of pieces for Britain and other countries, and supplying the Royal Mint with up-to-date equipment.

Waterbury brass was used for many other things in the United States such as minting disks for nickels, but the brass also went into South American coins.

As well as minting coins for the UK, it also mints and exports coins to many other countries, and produces military medals, commemorative medals and other such items for governments, schools and businesses, being known as the world's leading exporting Mint.

In the seventeenth century the processes for minting coins were mechanised and rolling mills and coining presses were installed.

* Chartoularios tou vestiariou Literally " keeper of documents for the Public Wardrobe " ( see Vestiarion ); responsible for minting gold and silver coins and equipping the fleet.

In 1866, a local mint was established at Sugar Street in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island for the purpose of minting Hong Kong silver dollar and half dollar coins of the same value and similar likeness to their Mexican counterparts.