In addition, the silver Dollars to be minted were not even to be on the metric standard of 1873, or even on the earlier standard of 1853, but actually the old 412.4 grain coins of 1837. The Free Silver forces demanded a ratio of 16:1, and 1837 was the last time anything near that...
A telling stat however is that there were no occasions where my high bid was matched and I lost the lot because a rival bid was received before mine. As my bids were entered late I would have expected this to have occurred several times if the bidding was tight....
The origins of this go back to Charlemagne's 8th century decree that the money of the Holy Roman Empire should be silver coins, so quantities could be determined by counting rather than weighing. This in turn is based on the Roman Empire's 12 denarii being equal to one gold solidus, and...
I can’t remember when the idea dawned on me that I should try and turn the cooking skills I had unwittingly gained into a food business, but off I went, back to the UK and to Manchester, with good wishes from Joan and David, and support from my friends and family – if there were...
Copper - Either a policeman or the coins in your pocket that are not silver. Dapper - If you are particularly well dressed, you would be described as being dapper. Dim wit - Someone who is thick is a dim wit or just dim. Avoid using this word when addressing police in the UK, but...
aLie ti me 谎言钛我[translate] a[B] Coins are used to make Big Ben work more precisely. [B)硬币用于使大笨钟更加精确地工作。[translate] aNow because it was in a state of confusion, many containers arrvied at the final port at the same time. 现在,因为它在混乱状态,许多容器同时arrvied在...
Still got £ notes around here and the only fake £ coins were imported by me when I worked in Canning Town scott --- Coin Hoarder 144 3,059 posts Gender:Male PostedApril 25, 2017 no mules here, but given people have already been taking the middles out of £1's and selling th...
“Well, you can’t say we’ve anything answering to that in England,” Frida put in, looking across at him with her frank, open countenance. “No, not quite like that, in detail, perhaps, but pretty much the Page 1 Page 2
InAD43thetermBritanniawasbeingusedbytheRomanstodescribetheareaweknowtodayasEnglandandWales.Britanniawaspersonifiedintheimageofagoddesscarryingatridentandwearingacenturion’shelmet.DuringtheBritishEmpireshecametorepresentBritishpower,especiallyseapower,andnationalunity.TheimageappearsonBritishcoinsandwasusedinmarketing...
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