An Olla Podrida: Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary, Volumen1Printed (for private distribution only) by Nichols and son, 1844 |
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... sixpence instead of a farthing , and a guinea instead of a shilling . It must in some measure check forging by obliging coiners to fabricate dies for every different coin , and it will also occasion our coins to oc- cupy a greater space ...
... sixpence instead of a farthing , and a guinea instead of a shilling . It must in some measure check forging by obliging coiners to fabricate dies for every different coin , and it will also occasion our coins to oc- cupy a greater space ...
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... sixpence . In some respects they surpass my expectations , in others they realise my forebodings . In workmanship , both for relief and execution , they are superior - not merely to the preceding coinages of this reign , but to those of ...
... sixpence . In some respects they surpass my expectations , in others they realise my forebodings . In workmanship , both for relief and execution , they are superior - not merely to the preceding coinages of this reign , but to those of ...
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... sixpence ? Or , if that on the latter is correct , why do we not see it on the half - crown ? Às specimens of fine workmanship , and for energy and animation , I never saw a coin superior to the half - crown - they are all equally ...
... sixpence ? Or , if that on the latter is correct , why do we not see it on the half - crown ? Às specimens of fine workmanship , and for energy and animation , I never saw a coin superior to the half - crown - they are all equally ...
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... as it is generally termed , amounted to £ 2,500,000 of silver money , in sixpences , shillings , and half- crowns , and was issued on the 13th of February 1817 , all the dies of which were Thomas Wyon's . The busts on the THOMAS WYON . 41.
... as it is generally termed , amounted to £ 2,500,000 of silver money , in sixpences , shillings , and half- crowns , and was issued on the 13th of February 1817 , all the dies of which were Thomas Wyon's . The busts on the THOMAS WYON . 41.
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... sixpence were copied from Signor Pistrucci's first gem , called George III .; and the half - crown is from the second gem , called also George III . , a head as totally different from the first as the ingenuity of man could make it ...
... sixpence were copied from Signor Pistrucci's first gem , called George III .; and the half - crown is from the second gem , called also George III . , a head as totally different from the first as the ingenuity of man could make it ...
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Aethelred II AETHELSTAN appears Ardfert artist bearing Beaworth Bradninch bust Cant Chief Engraver CIVITAS Cleere coinage coins of Henry collectors Cork Countess of Desmond county of Devon cross Devon Domesday Dublin Edward Edward IV England English Exeter fleur de lis George GRA REX ANGL groat half-crown half-groat head HENRIC DI GRA HENRICUS REX Henry VII hoard honour HORATIO NELSON inscription Irish coinage Irish coins John Acland King King's land late letter London Long-Cross looking Lord Lund Majesty Majesty's Mannor medal Mints moneyers Nicole Numismatic Obverse pennies of Henry Peter Sainthill pishes Pistrucci Plate portrait POSUI present Queen reign rent Reverse REX Rev Richard Sainthill Rockbeare Royal Rufus sayd sceptre seignorage shilling silver sixpence sovereign struck tenemt Thomas Wyon three crowns tion Topsham tyme unto Walter Weight 21 grains Willem William William Wyon workmanship Wyon's yearlie