Coin appraisals

This article is about paisa, the coin used in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. For other uses, see Paisa (disambiguation).

A paisa (pl. paise) is a monetary unit currently equivalent to of a rupee or Bangladeshi taka and is used in several countries, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Variant spellings include poisha (especially in […]

The Coins of Somaliland have had a very short numismatic history so far. Six coins have been issued since the Republic of Somaliland, the unrecognized de facto state in northwest Somalia, declared itself an independent state in 1991.

There are nominally 100 Cents in one Somaliland shilling. The 1/- coin was struck at the Pobjoy […]

The Coins of Somaliland have had a very short numismatic history so far. Six coins have been issued since the Republic of Somaliland, the unrecognized de facto state in northwest Somalia, declared itself an independent state in 1991.

There are nominally 100 Cents in one Somaliland shilling. The 1/- coin was struck at the Pobjoy […]

Forehead Advertising was an advertising concept that was launched by Justin Kapust through his organization, called Headvertise (Kapust-Allen Enterprises, now defunct) in late 2002.

Soon after its launch, and the media frenzy that came along with it, Ebay started hosting auctions for forehead advertising and other tattoo advertising. Headvertise hired college students to run advertising […]

A merk was a Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a mark of silver, the merk was in circulation at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century. It was originally valued at 13s 4d, later raised to 14s [1]. In addition to merks, half-merk and quarter-merk coins […]

The peso (Spanish: “weight” in Portuguese too) is a unit of currency that originated in Spain and is now used by several former Spanish colonies. The peso coin weighed 27 grams and was of 92 percent pure silver.

Today the term peso is sometimes used interchangeably to include the historic Spanish eight real coin (also […]

Twenty pence may refer to:

A British Twenty Pence coin, a decimal subdivision of the pound sterling (United Kingdom).

An Irish twenty pence (decimal coin), a decimal subdivision of the now defunct Irish pound (Republic of Ireland).

A gold English coin Twenty Pence from the 13th century (England).

Merry Rainbow is a popular coin-throwing game in penny arcades and video arcades in Hong Kong. Usually a token coin is thrown instead of an actual piece of currency, and the thrower can win a prize if he/she is able to make the coin fall onto the designated areas of rainbow-shaped color plates.

This article is about a coin. For other meanings, and similar words, see Pistol (disambiguation).

Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use in 1537; it was a double escudo, the gold unit. The name was also given to the Louis d’Or of Louis XIII of France, and to other European […]

In Coin collecting, brockage refers to a type of error coin in which a side of the coin has both the normal image and a mirror image of the opposite side impressed on it. This is caused by an already minted coin sticking to a die and impressing onto another coin. Brockage is […]