Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 60
EARLY BRITISH COINS. The word penny was derived either from the Latin pecunia,money, or from pendo, to weigh. We have already said that itwas of the value of the Eoman denarius, and its successor in En-gland. The word cattle was also adopted by the English fromthe Norman, and used to signify, in…
Numismatics · Medals · Seals (Numismatics)
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