... of a disreputable money-changer who had been sent to prison for defacing the coinage. Antisthenes ordered the lad away, but he paid no attention; he beat him with ... His aim in life was to do as his father had done, to 'deface the coinage,' but on a much larger scale. He would deface all the coinage current in the world. Every conventional stamp was false. The men stamped as generals...

... son of a disreputable money-changer who had been sent to prison for defacing the coinage. Antisthenes ordered the lad away, but he paid no attention; he beat him with .... His aim in life was to do as his father had done, to 'deface the coinage,' but on a much larger scale. He would deface all the coinage current in the world. Every conventional stamp was false. The men stamped as generals and ...

... to court. (Until the 12th century there was no distinction between civil and criminal law; all offenses except treason were private. In the 12th century Henry I declared arson, robbery, murder, false coinage, and crimes of violence to be offenses against the "king's peace," i.e., the state). Traditional Japan: http://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9GjorvJGkC&pg=PA139 &dq=law+...

... court. (Until the 12th century there was no distinction between civil and criminal law; all offenses except treason were private. In the 12th century Henry I declared arson, robbery, murder, false coinage, and crimes of violence to be offenses against the "king's peace," i.e., the state). Traditional Japan: http://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9GjorvJGkC&pg=PA139 &dq=law+enforcement+...

... of the money. The Dinari, which began as 95%% silver with only enuf copper to harden it, gradually lost the portion of silver and increased that of copper until eventually, what had been silver coinage was now a copper disk plated with silver. By switching from the draft to an all volunteer force, which is to say, mercenaries, the military gradually became immune to the will of the ...

... purchases at the supermarket, newspapers, fast-food or the bar. With the exception of papers these aren't circumstances and amounts that are terribly favourable to faffing about with getting the exact coinage for the amount involved. And on top of everything else my wallet is ridiculously large with the number of cards I have to carry in it and carrying the loose change makes it worse....

... ticket (the last time I've ever bought one) I had in my hand the change for a shilling of a 1p and a 2p coin a day before most people could get hold of them. Example coinage was on sale for a couple of years before it could be spent. A plastic wallet labelled "Britain's First Decimal Coins". Anyone could get a set. Do you happen to know the provenance of a 1970 two-...

...", the only awkward conversions involved the pennies between one and four, and six and nine. In NZ, the Decimal Currency Board (from memory!) had strict controls on pricing guidelines when the switch was made on Monday 10 July 1967. I personally prepared payroll for ~50 employees for payout on Tues 11 July '67... and had it paid out in cash with the "new" paper bills and coinage.

The message <1lfj8lcjquzm5.qyv37itg7xgz.dlg@40tude.net> from Chris Tolley <cjt.7@supanet.com> contains these words: Example coinage was on sale for a couple of years before it could be spent. A plastic wallet labelled "Britain's First Decimal Coins". Anyone could get a set. The banks were happy to supply schools with some 1p and 2p coins ahead of the change-over so that the ...

... ticket (the last time I've ever bought one) I had in my hand the change for a shilling of a 1p and a 2p coin a day before most people could get hold of them. Example coinage was on sale for a couple of years before it could be spent. A plastic wallet labelled "Britain's First Decimal Coins". Anyone could get a set. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9683781.html (150 138 at ...