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Queen Victoria had nine children, all of whom survived into adulthood and married into various noble houses. Surrounding the Queen Victoria are four of her children, and their spouses: Victoria junio… (View Post)

To describe words appearing on a coin: Legend / Inscription. Though there is a technical distinction here: "legends" go around the edge of a coin, while "inscriptions" go across i… (View Post)

I have four Roman coins from "the time of Julius Caesar" (49-44 BC), but only one with his name on it. It's a bronze dupondius from 45 BC. The obverse depicts not Caesar himself but a … (View Post)

They were "sold" by banks at face value, but this does not mean that they "circulated". They were certainly not minted in quantities that would have been needed to create a fully … (View Post)

It's not all that "odd", in its context. Three Canadian provinces issued silver coins prior to the Confederation of Canada in 1871: the Province of Canada (which prior to 1867 was just… (View Post)