English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman CoinsJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Coins, British; Numismatics -- Great Britain; Tokens -- Great Britain
Tens. I. Κ. Λ. Μ. Ν. Ξ. Ο. Π. κοππα
10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 60. 70. 80. 90.
Pg. 115 Denomination for 900. should be sampi (σαμπι). The symbol may
not be rendered correctly by all readers so it has been
written by name.
Hundreds. P. Σ. Τ. Υ. Φ. Χ. Ψ. Ω. σαμπι
100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 600. 700. 800. 900.
Pg. 119 _Kings of Pergamus_ Philetaerus, the Attalids ...
Should be, _Kings of Pergamus_ Philetaerus, the Attalids.
Pg. 119 Abydos, Alexandria Troas, Ilium, Scepsis. Alexandria needs
following comma. Abydos, Alexandria, Troas, Ilium, Scepsis.
Pg. 119 Calymna, Cos, Rhodes Ialysus, Camirus, Lindus). Extraneous
parenthesis--removed.
Pg. 120 (_Kings_--Mannus, Abgarus, etc. Missing parenthesis--corrected.
(_Kings_--Mannus, Abgarus, etc.)
Alternate Spellings and hyphenation:
Pg. 8 ADDEDOMARVS, supposed to have been contemporary with Cunobelinus.
Pg. 17 and ADDEDO-MARVS, or ADDEDO, or A[BO][BO]IIDO
[M], or other abbreviations. Difference of ADDEDOMARVS
and ADDEDO-MARVS retained.
Pg. 48 Sixpence, Groat, Threepence, Half-groat, Three-halfpence,
Penny,
Pg. 70 In 1574 a proposition was made to the Queen by two persons
named Wickliffe and Humphrey, to coin half-pence and
3 instances of halfpence. Only one of half-pence. Changed
to halfpence.
Pg. 46 ... and Threepence, fullfaced bust of king
Pg. 49 The Penny bore on the obverse a full-face portrait of the
queen ... Alternate hyphenation of full-face.
Pg. 39 one limb of the cross of the Durham coins terminating in a
crozier.
Pg. 51 St. Patrick in full robes, mitered, with crosier, etc.,
Pg. 52 reverse, shield of Irish harp; legend, FARTHING TOKENS
OF ENGLAND. ENGLAND’S FARTHING. THE FARTHIN TOKENS FOR.
The spelling in question is FARTHIN. This is how it is said
to be on the token. I am leaving it as is.
Pg. 52 Other places where these were struck were Colchester,
Carlisle ...
Pg. 49 ... to use an expression of Carlyle’s)
Preserved both Carlisle and Carlyle as one is a place name and
one is a proper name.
Instances of various pages:
21 instances of twopence. One instance of two-pence changed
to twopence.
37 instances of half-groat. 1 instance of halfgroat,
changed to half-groat.
Pg. 39 DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Groat, Halfgroat, Penny, Halfpenny
Changed to Half-groat.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of English Coins and Tokens, by
Llewellynn Jewitt and Barclay V. Head
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