The Numismatic Chronicle, المجلد 10

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John Yonge Akerman, Sir John Evans, William Sandys Wright Vaux, Frederic William Madden, Barclay Vincent Head, Herbert Appold Grueber, Edward James Rapson, Oliver Codrington, Sir George Francis Hill, George Cyril Brooke
Royal Numismatic Society., 1870
With v. 1 is bound; Horta, de, chevalier. Catalogue d'une partie de la collection de médailles. Londres, J. Wertheimer.

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الصفحة 6 - Proceedings and Papers of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society, vol.
الصفحة 4 - En présence de Dieu et devant le Peuple français, représenté par l'Assemblée nationale, je jure de rester fidèle à la République démocratique, une et indivisible, et de remplir tous les devoirs que m'impose la Constitution.
الصفحة 249 - You may expect very soone a farther supply of mettle for I have made an agreement with two eminent dealers from Corke who have five or six thousand weight of copper and brass which they are to send here. I must have an order from the lords of the treasury, for sending it to your mint ; there are foure or five broken bells in the country, which I can have if you send an order for seizing them for the king's use ; there is an useless cannon at Gallway, and one or two at Kingsaile ; I forgot to send...
الصفحة 265 - The soft mixed metal of which that worthless coin was composed was known among the Irish as Uim bog, pronounced Oom-bug, ie soft copper, ie worthless money ; and in the course of their dealings the modern use of the word humbug took its rise, as in the phrases, "That's apiece ofuimbog" " Don't think to pass off
الصفحة 265 - Hence the word humbug came to be applied to any thing that had a specious appearance but which was in reality spurious. It is curious to note that the very opposite of humbug, ie false metal, is the word sterling, which is also taken from a term applied to the true coinage of Great Britain, as sterling coin, sterling worth, &c.
الصفحة 262 - ... refuse to receive the said several pieces of money according to the said rate, being tendered to them for payment, shall be punished according to the utmost rigour of the law, as contemners of our royal prerogative and command. And we do hereby further publish and declare, that if any person or persons whatsoever will presume to counterfeit the said money or any of the said pieces, that he or they so offending, shall be proceeded against as guilty of high treason. And in case any person or persons...
الصفحة 10 - President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last Anniversary Meeting were read and confirmed. The Report of the Council was then read to the Meeting, as...
الصفحة 252 - Pieces, and made current by arbitrary power, it passed at the rate of five Pounds sterling" the pound weight, or eleven thousand two hundred Pounds the ton ; when at the real value, namely, four Pence the Pound weight...
الصفحة 72 - Draped figure of Apollo seated on a chair to right, and holding out a bow in his left hand.
الصفحة 55 - I do not question, but that the curious part of my readers will be very well pleased to see so much matter, and so many useful hints upon this subject, laid together in so clear and concise a manner. THE English have not been so careful as other polite nations, to preserve the memory of their great actions and events on medals.

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