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Trivia about coin

  • The Dupondius was an old one of these made of bronze
  • Vegas star Lance Burton knew his future profession at age 5 when a magician pulled this from behind his ear
  • First, we get you into hell & Charon will ferry you over; pay him with one of these items, the traditional fare
  • The ridges on a column are called fluting; on the edge of one of these, they're called milling
  • Ivan the Terrible's mom introduced one of these showing a knight holding a spear called a kopye-- hence "kopeck"
  • Numismatists know the adjective "nummular" means shaped like one of these
  • Originally, sequins were worn to show off one's wealth; the word "sequin" comes from the Arabic for this object
  • A flan can be a dessert or a flat one of these that has not yet been stamped