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  2. Coins of the Swiss franc - Wikipedia

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    The 5-franc coin of 90% silver was unlimited legal tender together with gold, while 2-, 1,- and 1 ⁄ 2-franc coins of 83.5% silver were made subsidiary or limited legal tender. The billon coins (5% to 15% silver) were also subsidiary; they were replaced by Cupronickel and Nickel in 1879. In 1918/19, there was experimentation with brass (Cu ...

  3. Helvetia - Wikipedia

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    Helvetia (/ h ɛ l ˈ v iː ʃ ə /) [1] is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag , and commonly with braided hair and a wreath as a symbol of confederation .

  4. Category:Coins by country - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Coins by country" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Coins of Bophuthatswana;

  5. Coins of the Ukrainian hryvnia - Wikipedia

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    The coins had become too expensive to produce compared to their nominal value. In the same month, the Bank proposed the introduction of the 2 hryvnia coin; [2] this was finally issued as a circulation coin in April 2018. [3] While 5 and 10 hryvnia coins were issued in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

  6. Helvetic Republic - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Resistance was strongest in the more traditional Catholic cantons, with armed uprisings breaking out in spring 1798 in the central part of Switzerland. The French and Helvetic armies suppressed the uprisings, but opposition to the new government gradually increased over the years, as the Swiss resented their loss of local democracy, the ...

  7. Fortune teller machine - Wikipedia

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    "The 100-year-old fortune teller was an extremely rare find. Instead of dispensing a card like Zoltar, the Gypsy would actually speak your fortune from a hidden record player. When you dropped a penny in the slot, her eyes would flash, her teeth would chatter and her voice would come floating from a tube extending out of the eight-foot [1]-tall ...

  8. Category:December 1948 by country - Wikipedia

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  9. COIN (board game) - Wikipedia

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    A game of Cuba Libre in progress; played using a Vassal module. COIN (short for COunterINsurgency) is a series of multiplayer asymmetric strategy board wargames simulating historic insurgency and counter-insurgency conflicts and irregular warfares throughout the world. It is published by GMT Games. It consists of the main series of games ...