| 单词 | petition crown |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetition crown petition crown n. Numismatics a trial piece for a five-shilling coin engraved by Thomas Simon as part of a contest between himself and the Roettiers brothers to decide who would engrave the dies for the new mechanized coinage of Charles II, having Simon's petition for preference engraved on the edge. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings halfpenny of gold1463 crown1526 crown piece1613 decus1688 British-crown1695 bull's-eye1699 petition crown1745 Britain crown1793 bull1819 caser1825 Oxford scholar1937 1745 S. M. Leake Hist. Acct. Eng. Money (ed. 2) Index Petition Crown. 1853 Numismatic Chron. 16 135 Simon's ‘Trial Piece’..There exist four varieties...that which has on the edge Simon's Petition to Charles II. to be employed on his new coinage, and which is consequently known by the name of the Petition Crown. 1903 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 5/2 The Petition Crown piece, of which a specimen was sold on Wednesday for £310, was the famous Simon's protest against foreign labour. 1998 Britannica Online (Version 98.2) The finest coin of his [sc. Charles II's] reign is not a regular issue. It was the ‘Petition’ crown made by Thomas Simon, engraver at the mint under the Commonwealth. < as lemmas |
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