What coins and notes can tell Here are some notes and coins. Can you spot the ones used in India? What do we call the note and the coin in India? You are right! In India the note is called a Rupee and the coin is called a Paisa Do the Rupee ad the Paisa tell you something? Let’s observe! Look at the coin carefully. What can you see on the coin? What is at the centre of the coin? What does the number stand for? What is written on the coin? Note
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The China Coin – Plot Summary Chapter 1 * Leah and her mother Joan are on a plane to China in search of the origins of a mysterious half a coin that was sent to Joan from her father. * Leah is not thrilled to be going. * Leah does not see herself as Chinese. * We find out that Leah’s father has died of cancer and they are tracing the coin for him‚ because he was really curious about where the other half of the coin is. * Joan is spooked by what she sees on TV – a student riot
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another‚ etched with horsemen and some mirror-image words. Then the hammer struck‚ hard and heavy‚ ringing out the news of my nativity. With each belo the dies dug deeper into my flesh‚ stamping their images as father and mother of a freshly minted coin. As I look back across two millennia for these earliest memories‚ I marbel at my long‚ now legendary‚ journey from mine to mint to market to museum. I remeber Rome as a rising power‚ a century before the first Caesars; I recall the early days of Emperor
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Coin Collecting I have a unique hobby that some people find unusual. I collect coins. Coin collecting isn’t just getting a collection of the state quarters from your grandparents‚ it is much more. There can be many different ways that collectors get their coins. Coin collectors can find coins that are in circulation‚ metal detect in places for various coins‚ or simply buy coins. Circulation coins are coins that show wear from the public use. Coin collecting can be considered a “different” hobby
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OLD COINS BRASS TANKA OF DELHI SULTAN MUHAMMAD III Muhammad III bin Tughluq ruled much of India from 1325 to 1351AD. He was a scholar‚ calligrapher and an innovative monarch. Unfortunately he did not always consider the consequences of his innovations. Vast amounts of his treasury was spent trying to expand and consolidate his realm. This only encouraged numerous revolts throughout his realm. He forcibly moved his entire capital and all its inhabitants from Delhi to a more central
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machines cannot be replaced by human in exact recognition of coins. Nowadays‚ most of the work of the human is replaced by machines. The coin classification of various denominations and finding the sum of the coins is a tedious process. Coin counting machine is user friendly and makes customer operation a breeze. This machine is equipped with an operating system. This counting machine has a display and prompts the customer to operate the system. Coin sorting machine is attached with required number of tagged
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I collect coins. Coin collecting isn’t just getting a collection of the state quarters from your grandparents‚ it is much more. There can be many different ways that collectors get their coins. Coin collectors can find coins that are in circulation‚ metal detect in places for various coins‚ or simply buy coins. Circulation coins are coins that show wear from the public use. Coin collecting can be considered a “different” hobby. All my life‚ until I truly understood collecting coins‚ I thought
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For gold coins‚ soaking in very hot soapy water works the best. For old pennies‚ soak the coin in vinegar for at least 24 hours. For bronze coins — usually ancient coins — soak in distilled water (the minerals in tap water can further taint the coin’s surface if soaking for a long time) or olive oil — olive oil is a very gentle way to clean coins‚ but you may need to soak them for several weeks. Silver‚ copper‚ and nickel-clad coins can be soaked in distilled water or‚ to remove tough
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Autobiography of a Coin I was born in Mint near Mumbai. I am twelve years old and I was sent to Kolkata from Mumbai. You know who I am? Guess! I am a two rupee coin. I am telling you the days that I nearly spent. When I was made I was bright and shiny‚ but the man who was carrying me was careless and dropped me accidentally. I was sad. No one saw me and walked over me‚ without noticing me. Soon my shine also faded away. Days passed and I still lay in the corner unnoticed. But one day a girl’s
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pressure of atomic joy. At last‚ the coin destined for any collection has found its way into my safekeeping. The brilliant reflection of its art battles with the overwhelming glisten cast across my eyes. This coin is the Pablo Picasso of the coin world‚ the piéce de résistance to every numismatist most unfathomable dreams. A 1933 $20 gold “double eagle” carelessly landed its way into my path and an instantaneous shadow was cast‚ ultimately becoming the foundation to my coin collecting addiction. When I
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