- January 16, 2026Piece of metal of exactly the weight of a known coin, used to check weight and fineness of matching coins.
- January 16, 2026Ring within which the obverse and reverse dies operate to restrict the spread of the blank between them; it is…
- January 16, 2026Coin struck to celebrate a historic anniversary or personality or publicize an event.
- January 16, 2026Obverse portrait with two heads or busts in profile, facing the same direction and overlapping. Also known as accolated or…
- January 16, 2026Coins struck by neighbouring states and mutually acceptable; specifically the issues of Austria and Bavaria, which spread to other German…
- January 16, 2026(1) Metal widely used for subsidiary coinage for more than 2500 years, usually alloyed with tin to make bronze, but…
- January 16, 2026Nickname derived from the debased English silver shillings of Henry VIII because the silver tended to wear off the king’s…
- January 16, 2026Resembling a coin but actually intended for use on a medieval accountancy board or in gambling.
- January 16, 2026Imitation of a coin for circulation, intended to deceive the public and defraud the state.
- January 16, 2026Punch mark applied to a coin to change its value or authorize its circulation in a different state.














