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  2. Hoarding - Wikipedia

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    Other items commonly hoarded include coins considered to have an intrinsic value, such as those minted in silver, or gold, as well as collectibles, jewelry, precious metals [4] and other luxuries. According to previous [ 5 ] studies, Anthropomorphism , or the propensity to attribute human characteristics to non-human items, has been associated ...

  3. Sixpence (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    William IV sixpences have a simpler reverse, composed of the words SIX PENCE in the middle, with a crown above, the date below, and a wreath surrounding. With the exception of a withdrawn 1887 issue, Victoria and Edward VII sixpences share this reverse. [24] The reverse of the 1887 issue is broadly the same as the post-1816 George III coins.

  4. 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 ]

  5. Sixpence - Wikipedia

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  6. Redfield Hoard - Wikipedia

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    Redfield did not trust banks and paper money so he continued to collect silver dollars. He was dubbed the "Silver dollar king" after the discovery of the silver dollar hoard in 1974. From the mid 1960s to 1974 he hoarded more than 400,000 silver dollars.

  7. 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.

  8. SMS banking - Wikipedia

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    Screenshot of a typical SMS Banking message on a mobile screen. SMS banking is a form of mobile banking.It is a facility used by some banks or other financial institutions to send messages (also called notifications or alerts) to customers' mobile phones using SMS messaging, or a service provided by them which enables customers to perform some financial transactions using SMS.

  9. Plantation group text messages - Wikipedia

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    In November 2024, shortly following the 2024 United States presidential election, numerous persons of color and or members of the LGBTQ community received racist and homophobic text messages. The messages appear to have been mass-generated by a computer program and contain slight textual variations, frequently addressing the recipient by their ...