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  2. Sixpence (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    Sixpences issued during the reign of Edward VI features a portrait of the king on the obverse, with a Tudor rose to the left, and the denomination VI to the right. Surrounding the portrait is the inscription EDWARD VI D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX , or similar, meaning " Edward VI, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland ". [ 16 ]

  3. Hoarding (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Commonly hoarded products include assets such as money, gold and public securities, [1] as well as vital goods such as fuel and medicine. [2] Consumers are primarily hoarding resources so that they can maintain their current consumption rate in the event of a shortage ( real or perceived ). [ 3 ]

  4. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary states that the "most plausible" etymology is a derivation from the Old English steorra for "star" with the added diminutive suffix -ling, to yield "little star". The reference is to the silver penny used in Norman England in the twelfth century, which bore a small star.

  5. Wikimedia Commons - Wikipedia

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    Wikimedia Commons, or simply Commons, is a wiki-based media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media. [1] It is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation . Files from Wikimedia Commons can be used across all of the Wikimedia projects [ 2 ] in all languages, including Wikipedia , Wikivoyage , Wikisource , Wikiquote ...

  6. History of the halfpenny - Wikipedia

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    The silver 1d and 2d coins issued in the first few years of the reign were being hoarded, and tradesmen in many parts of the country had taken to issuing private tokens in base metal; while this was an offence, in practice penalties were minimal and the government appreciated the need for such coinage which was not available legally.

  7. Sixpence (Australian) - Wikipedia

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    A sixpence of 1951, with the reverse side on the left. The Australian sixpence circulated from 1910 up until the decimalisation of Australian Currency in 1966. The coins were initially minted in England; however, Australia began to mint their own from the year of 1916 at branches of the Royal Mint in Sydney and Melbourne. [1]

  8. Siege money (Newark) - Wikipedia

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    Surviving coins are collectors' items and can be valuable; in 2012 a Newark shilling sold for US$1,900. [6]Apart from their obvious interest to numismatists and historians, images of the coins are used to decorate rubbish bins, [7] and a few residents of Newark would like to introduce a "Newark Siege Pound" as a form of local currency they believe would benefit the local economy.

  9. Electronic message journaling - Wikipedia

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    In such cases, journaling messages should contain an identifier indicating they are a journaling message and not a normal communication. This will prevent journaling loops from occurring when multiple mail servers are in use, as a second mail server might receive the journaling message before it reaches the journaling storage destination.