Coin appraisals

Medallic orientation (or medal alignment or variations of these) is a feature of coins. When viewing one side of a coin with medallic orientation, correct side up, the coin must be flipped about its vertical axis in order to see the other side the correct way up. In other words, the image on one […]

Scotch and Soda is a magic effect involving a copper coin and a silver coin which appear to transpose in the spectator’s hands. The effect relies on simple gimmick and the tricks performed with it are self-working and require almost no skill. The trick is named after the cocktail Scotch and soda; the […]

An Angel is a gold coin, first used in France (where it was also known as an Angelot and an Ange) in 1340, and introduced into England by Edward IV in 1465 as a new issue of the “noble” and so at first called the “angel-noble“. It varied in value between that period and the […]

The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. Union Home Ministers are in charge of the internal administration of the country, with responsibility for Central police forces and domestic counter-intelligence, as well as supervision of the Indian Administrative Service. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The halfpenny coin was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound at 1/480 of the pound. The artist was given the choice of a boar, sow or ram and ultimately the sow, with a litter was chosen.

The design was by Percy Metcalf, an English artist, and the coin had a diameter of 1.005 […]

Denier can refer to:

Denier, a unit of measurement of linear density of textile fiber mass; see Units of textile measurement#Denier

Denier, a French coin created by Charlemagne; see Denier (coin)

Denier, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in France

Denier, someone who denies something; see denial

A moidore is a Portuguese gold coin, minted from 1640 to 1732. The moidore was current in western Europe and the West Indies, particularly Barbados, for a long period after it ceased to be struck. It was the principal coin current in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century, and spread to the […]

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Five pence may refer to:

A British five pence coin, a decimal subdivision of the pound sterling.

An Irish five pence coin, a decimal subdivision of the now defunct Irish pound.