The neighboring Greeks soon issued coins of their own, adapting them for use in their markets.
The bravest order is, as it happens, the most flavorful: a chopped salad of dime-size coins of chilled, braised octopus with chives and red peppers.
Queen Elizabeth II, 79, appears on the bank notes and coins of at least 16 countries, and she has shown more than a passing interest in how she is portrayed.
"As this horde finishes with the coins of Tiberius, it could date to either the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, or possibly the Boudicca revolt in AD 61, it's difficult to say either way, " said Mr Marsden.
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This promise can be verified every minute of the day by observing the current rate of exchange between the dollar and gold, and, under a classical gold standard, by exchanging currency at a national bank for gold coins of a fixed weight and purity.
During each round, players will have the ability to pull off a special move such as a back flip or kick flip to hit their opponent and literally knock a bunch of gold coins out of him.
The first time I ran out of coins, they gave me a bonus of 200 coins.
In making a reconstruction of a building an archaeologist will use information from a number of coins, each of which may show a different perspective.
Roman soldiers were paid in salt, and in early 19th-century Haiti, long-necked gourds were used in place of small-denomination coins because of a shortage of gold and silver.
If you hit the jackpot, you will enjoy the clatter of actual coins - none of that newfangled paper ticket nonsense.
The hoard of 201 coins and pieces of jewellery was found in September near to Silverdale by metal detector enthusiast Darren Webster, 39.
Euro notes and coins are due to be issued in place of national notes and coins from the start of 2002.
Whereas banks are likely to be the public's main source of new notes, shopkeepers will be the main distributors of coins, in the form of change.
These coins were of such technical and aesthetic merit that they were hard to debase or counterfeit.
And in June it published the Coins database of public spending data.
And the public purse gets a second boost from seigniorage, the difference between the value of the coins and the cost of producing them.
This is partly offset, however, by the need to circulate 50% more coins than we currently do dollar bills, because of our habit of dropping coins into our coin jar at the end of the day.
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Though some have taken the shortage of gold coins to mean a shortage of gold in general, folks in the industry say it's not a worry.
Somewhere among all that they can be sure of coins, gold and silver bullion and objects made of metal of various kinds.
Minting the coins is under way, as a far greater number of coins than notes will be needed: some 76 billion coins are in circulation in the euro countries.
No, I think at some point -- we think at some point, we certainly hope that the pressure that is mounting up there, out there, will be felt by members of Congress who seem to be content to deal with commemorative coins for Hall of Fame baseball players, which is something I support, but not ahead of creating jobs or growing the economy.
The Queen Mother, who died in 2002, is depicted on a series of coins minted last year by Nightingale Island, a one-square-mile spot of land in the South Atlantic where many pirates were thought to have buried their treasures.
Amazon Coins will launch in May, and to entice customers to use the currency, the company will give out tens of millions of dollars worth of Coins to customers to spend on Kindle Fire apps, games, or in-app items.
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For centuries governments responded to a shortage of small coins by debasing them, ie, reducing the amount of silver required to make a penny.
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The find includes three bronze cannons, thousands of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins, and several tonnes of elephant tusks.
It was found at the scene of the crash among hundreds of coins scattered over the wreckage.
In the 1980s details of a find of coins at Wanborough became public and sparked a frenzy.
Over the centuries, millions of ships sank to the sea bottom, priceless treasures and chests of coins with them.
If one wanted to make photocopies of book, one went with a pocket full of coins to the library.
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