Word: coined
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...your right as you enter stands a case of rare Roman coins, dating back as far as 400 B. C. They are of bronze, silver and gold; the oldest is a huge bronze as, which must have served the ancients, in time of need, as an excellent sling-shot. Unless you are an infatuated coin-collector, you will not spend much time at this case, but will pass on to other curiosities. On the shelf of a bookcase stands a cast of that grim old Puritan soldier, Oliver Cromwell, from the original mask taken after death and presented to Prof...
...testimony in the hazing cases at Annapolis is very curious. One cadet testified that it was really very enjoyable to pick a coin with his teeth from a tub of water...
...when he feels the red-hot coin his form with pain is bent...
...numismatic collection, presented by Robert N. Toppan, '58, is one of the most interesting contents of the room. There are eighty-five Roman coins well arranged in a handsome ebony case. The dates range from 400 B. C. to 337 A. D., including specimens of the silver, gold and copper coin of the ancient Romans. The collection is excellent, as showing the progress of the Roman art of coinage, and though not as complete as could be desired is still very instructive. The coins are all well preserved. The most interesting coins in the collection are specimens...
...Best, arrested for passing counterfeit money, and just from Boston, lived in a dugout on an 80-acre homestead, 20 miles north of Atchinson. The sheriff searched the house and found his pal, named Hudson, a complete set of dies and a quantity of unfinished counterfeit coin in different parts of the house...