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2. Coins for the dead - Wikipedia

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   Coins for the dead is a form of respect for the dead or bereavement. The practice began in classical antiquity when people believed the dead needed coins to pay a ferryman to cross the river Styx. In modern times the practice has been observed in the United States and Canada: visitors leave coins on the gravestones of former military personnel. [1]

3. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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   The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...

4. List of mortuary customs - Wikipedia

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   Coins for the dead is a form of respect for the dead or bereavement. The practice began in ancient Greece Roman times when people thought the dead needed coins to pay ferryman to cross the river Styx. In modern times the practice has been observed in the United States and Canada: visitors leave coins on the gravestones of former military ...

5. Charon's obol - Wikipedia

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   Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth [1] of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol , and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon , the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.

6. 9 Rare American Coins That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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   The Standing Liberty quarter remains “among the most collectible old coins ever made” by the U.S. Mint, according to Gainesville Coins. The coin’s design made its debut in 1916 but was ...

7. These 11 Rare Coins Sold for Over $1 Million

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   Up until the 20th century, many coins were composed of basic metals like gold and silver, that is until gold was banned from coinage by way of executive order in 1933 and silver was watered out of ...

8. Grave goods - Wikipedia

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   In addition, coins for the dead (including challenge coins) are sometimes left on American military graves by comrades of the deceased. [26] See also. Burial;

9. Cemeteries no longer just for the dead: Spaces have a new ...

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   Cemeteries as public spaces: 'A new, old thing' Sarah Chavez is executive director for The Order of the Good Death, a nonprofit founded by Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and writer who's advocated ...