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  2. Glossary of numismatics - Wikipedia

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    Precious metals in the form of coins whose market value is determined by metallic content rather than scarcity. bullion value The current market value of the raw precious metal content of a coin. For example, the bullion value for Canadian silver coins minted between 1920 and 1966 is 12 times the face value when silver is $20.00 per troy ounce.

  3. Morgan dollar - Wikipedia

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    Morgan dollar. The Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, in 1921, and beginning again in 2021 as a collectible. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar.

  4. Face value - Wikipedia

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    The face value, sometimes called nominal value, is the value of a coin, bond, stamp or paper money as printed on the coin, stamp or bill itself [1] by the issuing authority. The face value of coins, stamps, or bill is usually its legal value. However, their market value need not bear any relationship to the face value.

  5. Half union - Wikipedia

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    William Barber. Design date. 1877. The half union (separate varieties known as J-1546 through J-1549 [1]) was a United States pattern coin with a face value of fifty U.S. Dollars. It is often thought of as one of the most significant and well-known patterns in the history of the U.S. Mint. The basic design, featuring Liberty on the obverse, was ...

  6. Hyperinflation - Wikipedia

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    By the end of 1945, it was 10,000,000 P, and the highest value in mid-1946 was 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 P (10 20 pengő). A special currency, the adópengő (or tax pengő) was created for tax and postal payments. [60] The inflation was such that the value of the adópengő was adjusted each day by radio announcement.

  7. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Coins are sometimes issued as special collectible commemorative versions, sold at a value higher than their face value. They are usually legal tender, but worth only their face value to pay debts. For example, in 2023 a 50 pence piece was announced, the first coin depicting King Charles III, and celebrating the fictional wizard Harry Potter ...

  8. Counterfeit money - Wikipedia

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    Numismatics portal. Money portal. v. t. e. Counterfeit money is currency produced outside of the legal sanction of a state or government, usually in a deliberate attempt to imitate that currency and so as to deceive its recipient. Producing or using counterfeit money is a form of fraud or forgery, and is illegal in all jurisdictions of the world.

  9. Prima facie - Wikipedia

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    Prima facie. Prima facie ( / ˌpraɪmə ˈfeɪʃi, - ʃə, - ʃiiː /; from Latin prīmā faciē) is a Latin expression meaning "at first sight", [ 1] or "based on first impression". [ 2] The literal translation would be "at first face" or "at first appearance", from the feminine forms of primus ("first") and facies ("face"), both in the ...