tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62061727193784462482023-11-16T10:38:17.252-08:00coollectorsCoollectors is the first Collectors Free Marketplace & Community where Collectors can Swap, Sell & Catalog their Collectibles Free of Charge. Coollectors is also a vibrant Collectors Community & Club where Collectors from all over the world can connect, exchange items and ideas and find useful resources such as Collectors Clubs, Collectors Links & Collectors Events.Coollectorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13134225704381761364noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6206172719378446248.post-33578598246850788372012-09-23T09:05:00.001-07:002012-09-23T09:05:18.356-07:00<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Gillette is a </span>brand<span style="background: white;"> of </span>Procter & Gamble<span style="background: white;"> currently used for men's </span>safety
razors<span style="background: white;">, among other </span>personal care<span style="background: white;"> products. Based in </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city><span style="background: white;">, </span><st1:state w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:state><span style="background: white;">, </span><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">United States</st1:country></st1:place><span style="background: white;">, it was one of several brands originally owned
by The Gillette Company, a leading global supplier of products under
various brands, which was merged into P&G in 2005. The original Gillette
Company was founded by </span>King Camp Gillette<span style="background: white;"> in 1901 as a safety razor </span>manufacturer<span style="background: white;">.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The first</span><span style="background: white;"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">safety razor</span> using the
new disposable blade went on sale in 1903.
Gillette maintained a limited range of models of this new type razor until 1934
and the introduction of the "Aristocrat". The great innovation of
this new model was the "Twist to Open", or TTO design, which made
blade changing much easier than it had been previously, wherein the razor head
had to be detached from the handle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1947 saw the introduction of the new "Super Speed" model, also
a TTO design. This was updated in 1954, with different versions being produced
to shave more closely—the degree of closeness being marked by the color of the
handle tip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In 1958, the first "adjustable" razor was produced. This
allowed for an adjustment of the blade to increase the closeness of the shave.
The model, in various versions, remained in production until 1986.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Super Speed razor was again redesigned in 1966 and given a black
resin coated metal handle. It remained in production until <st1:metricconverter productid="1986. A" w:st="on">1986. A</st1:metricconverter> companion model,
"The Knack", with a longer plastic handle, was produced from 1966 to
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Gillete Razors Collection on Coollectors.com includes a beautiful
set of antique razors presenting different models from different periods, all
available for sale on the site. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The shilling is a
popular coin among coin collectors whom are looking to complete shilling series
from different countries and periods. The shilling is a unit of currency used
in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The term shilling
derived from</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the word schilling which in the past
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
England, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry II<sup> </sup>until
the Acts of Union ended the Kingdom of England (when, in the terms of Article
16 of the Articles of Union created by the Acts of Union of 1707, a common
currency for the new United Kingdom was created). The slang term for a shilling
as a currency unit was a "bob" </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> as in 'Have you got a
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a 'bobe' was a French one-and-a-half denier coin of the 14th Century. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The last regular issue shillings were minted in 1966. Two years later the new five-pence piece with identical dimensions began to be issued prior to decimalisation in 1971, although profft shilings dated 1970 were issued later. </span><br />
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shilling was used not only in the british commonwealth countries but also in
several additional countries. Shillings were issued in the Scandinavian
countries until the Scandinavian Monetary Union of 1873. Shillings were
used in Malta, prior to decimalisation in 1972, and had a face value of five
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in the former British Empire, forms of the word shilling still remain in
informal use. In Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, selen is used in Bislama and
Pijin to mean "money"; in Malaysia, syiling (pronounced like shilling)
means "coin". In Egypt and Jordan the shillin is equal to 1/20th of
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the thirteen British colonies that became the United States in 1776, British
money was often in circulation. Each colony issued its own paper money, with
pounds, shillings, and pence used as the standard units of account. Some coins
were minted in the colonies, such as the 1652 pine-tree shilling in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. After the United States adopted the dollar as its
unit of currency and accepted the gold standard, one British shilling was worth
24 US cents. Due to ongoing shortages of US coins in some regions, shillings
continued to circulate well into the 19th century, for example being mentioned
as the standard monetary unit throughout the autobiography of Solomon Northup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About the Author:</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></u><br />
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where you can buy, sell, exchange and catalog your collection or simply review
collections of other collectors. You can also become a member of the sites
growing collectors community, connect with other similar collectors exchange
collectibles and ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>The Psychology of Collecting </strong><br />
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Collecting is one of the oldest activities of mankind, beginning as early as 2,000 years ago in Egypt and continuing up until today when millions of people all over the world collect different items covering an enormous range of fields. <br />
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Today the field of collecting includes the standard collections such as stamps, coins, comics, postcards and trading cards etc., and the more peculiar collections such as empty toothpastes, Aladdin lamps, beer coasters, antique telephones and more.<br />
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Collectors range from different cultures and from all ages, all similarly devoting a large amount of time, resources and energy to this hobby. <br />
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Understanding the motivation of collectors, is not only a fascinating aspect in the psychology field, but could also bring an important awareness to collectors, making their collecting activity a more pleasant and a satisfying one. <br />
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The desire to collect begins at birth. The infant's favorite toys are brought to bed to provide an emotional security. The sense of control and ownership is facilitated through the possession of different objects. Freud took a very extreme position on the origins of collecting and postulated that all collecting stems were linked to the anal retentive stage in childhood. Frued suggested that collecting ties back to the time of toilet training and that the loss of control and what went down the toilet was a traumatic occurrence. Therefore, the collector is trying to gain back not only control but “possessions” that were lost many years ago. <br />
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Muensterberger, on the other hand, believed collecting to be a "need-driven compensatory behavior where every new object effectively gives the notion of fantasized omnipotence." Jung argued that collecting and completing sets have archetypal antecedents of the collecting of "nuts and berries" once needed for survival by our early ancestors. <br />
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According to Mark B. McKinley, Ed.D., a professor of psychology at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, for some people collecting is simply the quest, in some cases a life-long pursuit that is never complete. Additional collector motivations include psychological security, filling a void in a sense of self or it could be to claim a means to distinction. According to McKinley, for some, the satisfaction comes from experimenting with arranging, re-arranging, and classifying parts of a-big-world-out-there, which can serve as a means of control to elicit a comfort zone in one’s life. The motives are not mutually exclusive, as certainly many motives can combine to create a collector. <br />
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While some collectors have a more dark side in their collecting activity or are commercially motivated in buying and selling their collectible, most of the collectors are emotionally driven with the positive aspects associated with this hobby. According to M. Baker, an author of autograph collectibles books, most of the autograph collectors are emotionally driven with no intentions to sell their collections. The thrill of the chase, seeing who will sign that day and actually meet in person the people signing are all a great motivation for this activity. <br />
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As long as collecting does not become an addictive activity, it is mostly associated with positive emotions that could bring a great satisfaction and joy to the collector. The excitement of finding new collectibles, the social activity involved and the bond that is could bring with family members are all important factors that make it such a popular hobby. <br />
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One of the great sources to your collecting activity is http://www.coollectors.com where you can buy, sell, exchange and catalog your collection or simply review collections of other collectors. You can also become a member of the sites growing collectors community, connect with other similar collectors exchange collectibles and ideas.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We welcome our new Collectors Category - Routemaster, the bus icon of London in the second half of the 20th century. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">AEC Routemaster</span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> is a London </span>double-decker bus<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> built by </span>Associated Equipment Company<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> (AEC) in 1954 until 1968.</span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Front-engined buses generally with rear platforms, a small number were produced with doors and/or front entrances. Introduced by </span>London Transport<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> in 1956, the Routemaster saw continuous service in London until 2005, and remains on two </span>heritage routes<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> in central London.</span>
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In honoring the institute of the US presidency, in December
2005 the US Congress passed an Act of which directed the United States Mint to
produce a one dollar coin with the engravings of former US presidents portraits
on the obverse of the coin. </div>
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Beginning at 2007 and as referred to by the US Mint, ”the
one dollar presidential coin program” included the issue of four presidential
coins per year, in the chronological order of the president in the office. The coin includes on the obverse, the
president’s portrait and on the reverse, the image of the Status of Liberty,
the inscription “$1” and “<st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States of America</st1:country-region>”. </div>
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<span lang="EN">Along the edge of
the coin is the year of minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, 13
stars, and also the legends <span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">E Pluribus Unum</span></span>. In 2009, the inscription <i>“In God We
Trust” </i> was moved from the edge to the face of the coin. The
size, weight and metal composition of the Presidential one dollar Coins are
identical to that of the <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Sacagawea
Golden Dollar</span> and the <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Native American
one dollar Coins.</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN">Letter edged
coins were produced back in the 1790s when they were made to prevent shaving of
gold coin edges and were last used in 1933 until the one dollar presidential
coins issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The act specifies that for a president to be honored, the
former president must have been deceased for at least two years before issue. Thus,
It would take about ten years to honor all currently eligible presidents. The
series was therefore expected to end in 2016 after honoring President <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Ronald Reagan</span>,
unless one of his successors would die before 2014. Once the program has
terminated, producing coins for those presidents not honored would require
another <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Act of Congress</span></div>
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From 2007 and up until the year 2011, the US Mint produced a
large number of the Presidential one dollar coins until there were a large
number of unused one dollar coins in the market. By 2011 1.4 billion uncirculated $1 coins were
stockpiled. Thus, On December, 2011,
Vice President <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Joe Biden</span> and Treasury Secretary <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Timothy
Geithner</span> announced that the minting of Presidential one dollar Coins
for circulation would be suspended. Future entries in the program, beginning
with that of <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chester A. Arthur</span>, would be issued in reduced
quantities, only for collectors</div>
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In
addition to its recognition of the Presidents on $1 coins, the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> honored
the president’s spouses through the issuance of proof and uncirculated quality
one-half ounce 24-karat gold ten dollar coins emblematic of the life of each
spouse. The United States Mint issued these coins under the same annual
release schedule as the corresponding Presidential one dollar Coins.
These 24-karat gold coins generally have an obverse image of the first spouse
and a reverse image symbolic of that particular spouse's life and work. </div>
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The George Washington Presidential Coin</div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: left;">Annual
Presidential Dollar Release Schedule</span></div>
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Years
Served<o:p></o:p></div>
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President<o:p></o:p></div>
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Year<o:p></o:p></div>
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1789-1797<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">George
Washington</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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1<o:p></o:p></div>
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2007<o:p></o:p></div>
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1797-1801<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">John Adams</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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2<o:p></o:p></div>
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1801-1809<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Thomas
Jefferson</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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3<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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1809-1817<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James
Madison</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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4<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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1817-1825<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James
Monroe</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
5<o:p></o:p></div>
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2008<o:p></o:p></div>
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1825-1829<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">John Quincy
Adams</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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6<o:p></o:p></div>
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1829-1837<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Andrew
Jackson</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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7<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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1837-1841<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Martin Van
Buren</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
8<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
</td>
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<br /></div>
</td>
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<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1841<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">William
Henry Harrison</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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9<o:p></o:p></div>
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2009<o:p></o:p></div>
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1841-1845<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">John Tyler</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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10<o:p></o:p></div>
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1845-1849<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James K.
Polk</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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11<o:p></o:p></div>
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1849-1850<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Zachary
Taylor</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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12<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1850-1853<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Millard
Fillmore</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
13<o:p></o:p></div>
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2010<o:p></o:p></div>
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1853-1857<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Franklin
Pierce</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
14<o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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1857-1861<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James
Buchanan</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
15<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
</td>
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1861-1865<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Abraham
Lincoln</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
16<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
</td>
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<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1865-1869<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Andrew
Johnson</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
17<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2011<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1869-1877<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Ulysses S.
Grant</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
18<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1877-1881<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Rutherford
B. Hayes</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
19<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1881<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James
Garfield</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
20<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1881-1885<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chester A.
Arthur</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
21<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2012<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1885-1889<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Grover
Cleveland</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
22<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1889-1893<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Benjamin
Harrison</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
23<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1893-1897<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Grover
Cleveland</span><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
24<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1897-1901<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
William
McKinley<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
25<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2013<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1901-1909<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Theodore
Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
26<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1909-1913<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
William
Howard Taft<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
27<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1913-1921<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Woodrow
Wilson<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
28<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1921-1923<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Warren
Harding<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
29<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2014<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1923-1929<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Calvin
Coolidge<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
30<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1929-1933<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Herbert
Hoover<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
31<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1933-1945<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Franklin
D. Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
32<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1945-1953<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Harry
S. Truman<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
33<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2015<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1953-1961<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Dwight
D. Eisenhower<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
34<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1961-1963<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
John
F. Kennedy<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
35<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1963-1969<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Lyndon
B. Johnson<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
36<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;">
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 15pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1969-1974<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Richard
M. Nixon<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
37<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
2016<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt;">
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 102pt;" valign="bottom" width="136"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
1974-1977<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159pt;" valign="bottom" width="212"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Gerald
Ford<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
38<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="height: 30pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 48pt;" valign="bottom" width="64"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Development of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> Paper Money</span></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">During 17</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;"> and 18</span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;"> centuries, the American
people used English, Spanish and French paper money. In the years to come, the
development of the </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">
paper money was affected very much by the political and financial circumstances
as well as the government’s reserve of gold and silver.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">In the early 1690s, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first out
of the thirteen colonies (which gathered to become the United Statues) to
issue a US paper money, followed by the different colonies to issue each its
own banknote. This money was not redeemed in gold or silver and thus was
depreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">In 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, and to finance the
war, the Continental Congress issued the Continental Currency. This paper money
expressed the new nation’s sovereignty and instead of pictures of the crown or the king of </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">,
they featured different motifs of the colonies. However, because of the
inflation and as they were easily counterfeited, they became valueless and
gained the phrase: "not worth a Continental". </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">In 1777, after the declaration of independence
was signed, the first notes with the words “The United States” were issues
signed by some of the famous revolutionary figures.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">In 1791 and with the adoption of the </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;"> new constitution, the Congress
chartered in </span><st1:city style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:city><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">
the Bank of North America - the first nation's bank and of which was
authorized to issue banknotes. The Congress also determined that the
official monetary system would be based on the dollar, only to begin with a few
years later. In 1816, the congress chartered the Second Bank of the </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">
which existed for twenty years until 1836. These banks were privately owned and
were authorized to issue paper bank notes and serve as the fiscal agent of the
government. In 1832 Andrew Jackson vetoed the re charter of the Second
Bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This followed by an era of which the American
banking was comprised of state-chartered banks without federal regulation or
uniformity in the operating laws. By 1860, an estimated 8,000 different
state banks were circulating "wildcat" or "broken" bank
notes in denominations from half cent to twenty thousands dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Only on 1861 and again to finance the war (the
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and authorized the government to issue paper currency (in the form of
interest-bearing notes). Such notes were originally printed by the National
Bank Note Co and were called Demand Notes or “Greenbacks” because of their
green color. In 1862, the Congress
discontinued issuing Demand Notes and issued Legal Tender Notes, also known as
the United States Notes. They were the first national currency used as a legal
tender for most public and private debts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Effects of the war such as shortage of gold and
silver (and as a results shortage of coins) and existence of substitutes for
paper money, waned the demand for the United States Notes during the war but it
was resumed when the war finished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Following the war, the Congress passed the</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">National Banking
Act in 1863</span> which established
a national banking system and a</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">uniform national
currency to be issued by the new national banks.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> In later years, the
government also, in a move to increase its reserve of precious metals, offered
certificates in exchange for deposits of silver and gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">By 1865 approximately one-third of all circulating currencies were
counterfeit, and the Department of the Treasury established the United States
Secret Service in an effort to control the counterfeiting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">By 1866 the National Bank Notes, backed by <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> government
securities, became predominant. By this time, 75 percent of all bank deposits were
held by the nationally chartered banks. Notes were printed by private bank note
companies under contract to the Federal government until 1877 when the
Department of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">Treasury's
bureau of Engraving and Printing started printing all the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> currency.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">s
a result of the 1893 and 1907 financial crisis, the congress passed the Federal
Reserve Act of 1913 which created the Federal Reserve
System as the nation's central bank to regulate the flow of money and credit
for economic stability and growth. This Federal Reserve System was authorized
to issue Federal Reserve Notes, now the only </span><st1:country-region style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;"> currency produced and 99
percent of all the currency in circulation. The design and signs of the Federal
Reserve Notes has changed over the years.
For example, in 1929, the size of the notes was reduced; in 1955, the
inscription "In God We Trust" was added. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">In </span><st1:metricconverter productid="1990 A" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;" w:st="on">1990 a</st1:metricconverter><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 14.25pt;">
new series of notes were introduced to improve the security and prevent
counterfeiters using a security thread and micro printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mint Stamp is referred to, in philately, as a postage stamp which is unused, unmounted with a full gum (if issued with a gum). James Mackay, a professional philatelist and novelist, defined a mint stamp as being in its original state. In practice, many collectors refer to mint stamp as any stamp which has not been in use and therefore has never been cancelled, even it is has been mounted or does not have a full gum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The term mint applies both to postage stamps and revenue stamps. Postage stamps are strictly for postage usage and revenue or tax stamps are stamped on tax collection documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, hunting licenses and different legal documents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Hinges are small strips of gummed paper used to mount postage stamps in albums. Stamps which have not had hinges applied to them are classed as "unmounted." Stamps which have been mounted are referred to as mint stamp which have been hinged. A stamp can also be in a mint condition despite its condition as long as it was not in use.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">There several common variations of the term Mint to describe the condition of the stamp:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mint hinged (MH) - the stamp is unused but has been previously hinged. Remains of the hinge or gum disturbance are visible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mounted mint (MM) - the same as Mint hinged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mint no gum (MNG) - the stamp appears to be unused but has no gum. It might have been used but not cancelled, or have been issued without gum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Unmounted mint (UM) - the stamp is unused and has never been mounted.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Mint never hinged (MNH) - the same as unmounted mint but with an assertion that the stamp is not a formerly mounted stamp that has been tampered with to remove traces of mounting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The value of a mint stamp is usually higher than a used stamp because of its rarity and as often it is in a better condition. As a result, some sellers try to forge cancellations. However, this is not a general rule as the value at the end of day depends on several factors such the stamp condition and its supply and demand. There are cases where used stamps are more valuable where a large number of specific mint stamps are available. Countries often print a high volume of mint stamps more than their actual postage needs for collectors, as it is a good source of income for the postal office.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">In general, it is important to maintain your mint stamps in an excellent condition, to keep its value. Organizing your stamps in a stock book, a stamp album or in an individual glass mount is a must. There are many stamps price guides which can assist with evaluating your mint stamps collection. The more known ones are Michel, Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Yvert et Tellier. Some of these guides provide online services as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Use the value given as a guideline and it is advised to review several price guides to receive a more accurate value for your stamp. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Collectors usually buy mint stamps through dealers, auction websites and at the postage office. If you wish to sell your mint stamps it is important to know that dealers will demand their commission. Thus, it may be more lucrative to try and sell your mint stamps directly to buyers online in an auction website for collectors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">One of the great sources to your mint stamps collecting activity is http://www.coollectors.com where you can buy, sell, exchange and catalog your mint stamps collection or simply review collections of other collectors. You can also become a member of the site growing community; connect with other similar collectors, exchange mint stamps and ideas.</span><br />
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Many comic books collectors are not sure how much their comic books are worth either for a potential sale or for their insurance declerations. </div>
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To begin with, the bottom line is that the worth of your comic book will be the subjective price which a certain buyer will be willing to pay at a certain time. <br />
However, there are several factors which are taken into consideration once evaluating the worth of a comic book. </div>
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The first step is to grade you comic book. Grading is the term used to indicate the condition of the comic book and as a consequence its value. </div>
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The condition is determined by serveral factors such as the condition of the comic book covers, the inside of the comic book – are these complete or are there any tears and pages missing? Are the pages faded or not? The rarety and popularity of the comic book can also dramatically increase or decrease its value. </div>
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There are common terms to describe the condition of the comic book and a copy that falls between the grades usually is noted with a plus or a minus signs or with both of the grade terms with a slash seperating them.<br />
The common grades terms are as follows from the best condition – Mint to the Poor one. <br />
MT/M– Mint; Near Mint – NM; Very Fine – VF; Fine – FN; Very Good – VG; Good – GD/G; Fair – FR; Poor – PR; </div>
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Once determing in general the condition of your comic book, it is recommended to review several comic books price guides to get an idea of the value of the book. Price guides will list the comic book name and value based on its condition. Several price guides will list a range of value while others will list a fixed price. </div>
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The comic book could be identified based on its title which is the name of the comic book series and the Issue which is the single installment of a title, usually with its own number. <br />
It is advised to rely on several resources to reach an accurate estimated value. <br />
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Comic books price guides are usually published on a monthly, quarterly and on a yearly basis. The most well known guides today include “The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide”, The Comics Buyer’s Guide Magazine”, “The Standard Catalog of Comic Books” and “The Comics Buyer’s Guide”. Today there are also several online comic books price guides available for collectors.</div>
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We also advise to review the latest deals on online auction websites such as <a href="http://www.coollectors.com/">www.coollectors.com</a> to receive additional indictions to the right value of the comic book. </div>
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It should be noted that selling your comic book to dealers might not get its top value since the dealers will demand their commission. It could be more lucrative to sell your comic book directly to potential buyers on auction websites, although it could be a longer process.</div>
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If you are still confused despite taking the steps above and you believe that your comic book might be a valuable one, there are third party grading services companies which provide grading services and certification for its customers. </div>
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<strong><u>About the Author: </u></strong><br />
One of the great sources to your comic books collecting activity is http:www.coollectors.com where you can buy, sell, exchange and catalog your comic books collection or simply review collections of other collectors. You can also become a member of the site growing community, connect with other similar collectors, exchange comic books and ideas. </div>
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<span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Walking Liberty half dollar,
referred to by collectors as a “Walker”, is a silver fifty cents or half dollar
coin which was issued from 1916 to 1947 by the United States mint office. The
coin known for its beautiful design, was designed by Adolph A. Weinman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new half dollar came to life as a
result of the decision taken in 1915 by the new mint director, Robert W. Woolley
whom decided to replace the old barber coinage, dimes, quarters and half dollars
dated back to 1892 and designed by Charles E. Barber, as he thought it was
required to change the coins’ designs every twenty five years. Weinman was
chosen in a competition conducted by the commission of fine arts to design the
dime and half dollars. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Adolph Weinman was born
in Germany and immigrated to the US at the age of ten. He was trained with the famous
sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens where he worked on the famous Saint-Gaudens twenty
dollar Double Eagle gold coin. Following Saint-Gaudens death Weinman continued his
work shop and by 1915 became a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well-known
sculpture in the US. <span class="messagebody"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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full length figure of liberty, the folds of the stars and stripes flying to the
breeze as a background, progressing in full stride towards the dawn of a new
day, carrying branches of laurel and oak a symbol of civil and military glory. The
hands of the figure are outstretched in bestowal of the spirit of liberty. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">Arrayed around the edge is the word “liberty”, and the
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eagle perched high upon a mountain crag, his wing unfolded, fearless in the spirit
and conscious of power. Springing from a rift in the rock is a young mountain
pine, symbolical of the United States of America. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">The words "United States of America" ring
the edge above the eagle and below is the denomination "Half Dollar” and the
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diameter, weighs 12.50 grams and is made of .900 pure silver. It carries 0.3617
troy ounces of silver, about 1/3rd of a troy ounce.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h6>
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million Walking Liberties from 1916 to 1947. Although the coins value is fifty
cents, collectors would pay a few hundred dollars for the coin, depending on
its grade and usage. For example, some issues are more rare such as </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">1921, 1938-D, 1941-S, 1916, 1916-S and 1917-D issues
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<span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Walking Liberty half dollar,
referred to by collectors as a “Walker”, is a silver fifty cents or half dollar
coin which was issued from 1916 to 1947 by the United States mint office. The
coin known for its beautiful design, was designed by Adolph A. Weinman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></div>
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result of the decision taken in 1915 by the new mint director, Robert W. Woolley
whom decided to replace the old barber coinage, dimes, quarters and half dollars
dated back to 1892 and designed by Charles E. Barber, as he thought it was
required to change the coins’ designs every twenty five years. Weinman was
chosen in a competition conducted by the commission of fine arts to design the
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in Germany and immigrated to the US at the age of ten. He was trained with the famous
sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens where he worked on the famous Saint-Gaudens twenty
dollar Double Eagle gold coin. Following Saint-Gaudens death Weinman continued his
work shop and by 1915 became a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well-known
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full length figure of liberty, the folds of the stars and stripes flying to the
breeze as a background, progressing in full stride towards the dawn of a new
day, carrying branches of laurel and oak a symbol of civil and military glory. The
hands of the figure are outstretched in bestowal of the spirit of liberty. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">Arrayed around the edge is the word “liberty”, and the
motto “In god we trust” on the right of the Liberty.</span></span></div>
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the observe of the American Silver Eagle one ounce bullion coin. </span></span></div>
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<span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1;">The reverse of the coin includes an
eagle perched high upon a mountain crag, his wing unfolded, fearless in the spirit
and conscious of power. Springing from a rift in the rock is a young mountain
pine, symbolical of the United States of America. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">The words "United States of America" ring
the edge above the eagle and below is the denomination "Half Dollar” and the
motto "E pluribus Unum” ", meaning "Out of Many, One" on the
left of the Eagle's breast.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">The coin is 30.6 mm in
diameter, weighs 12.50 grams and is made of .900 pure silver. It carries 0.3617
troy ounces of silver, about 1/3rd of a troy ounce.</span></div>
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million Walking Liberties from 1916 to 1947. Although the coins value is fifty
cents, collectors would pay a few hundred dollars for the coin, depending on
its grade and usage. For example, some issues are more rare such as </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-themecolor: text1;">1921, 1938-D, 1941-S, 1916, 1916-S and 1917-D issues
which receive higher prices. However, most series are relatively available in
reasonable prices and collectors are usually able to complete the full sets of
the sixty five dates. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">An autograph usually refers to a person’s
artistic signature in particularly the signature of a celebrity. The hobby of
collecting autographs, also referred to as philography, can be a lot of fun and
a source of lucrative profits too. In this article we will try to outline a few
important factors in determining the value of an autograph. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The value of a certain autograph is as we
always say at the end of day, the price which a specific buyer is willing to
pay at a certain time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, there are a few key factors which can
influence the value of an autograph such as its authenticity, condition, rarity
and the identity of the signing figure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In order to verify the autograph authenticity
it is advised to check the credibility of the seller and if he belongs to one
of the well-known organizations such as UACC, Manuscript Society, PADA, and
IADA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After you made sure that the seller is
trustworthy, it is important to authenticate the autograph itself. Confirming
the signature of the person and the circumstances of the signature’s
acquisitions are the first steps. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, autographs from serious sources
usually come with certificates of authentications (COA) which are made to
verify the authenticity of the signature. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When evaluating the COA it is important to make
sure that it came from a notable company with a long tracking record. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The condition of the signature is also an
important factor once determining its value. Tears, stains and other faults may
decrease significantly the value of the autograph, while an autograph in a very
good condition will be worth much more. However, the older and rarer the
autograph may be, its value may increase. Thus, the combination of rarity and
condition will be taken in consideration while determining its value. It is
important to note that ink signatures usually receive higher prices than other
methods of signatures such as pencil as they often fade quicker. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The identity of the person signing is also a
very important factor in the evaluation process - how famous this person is, is
he dead or alive and can this person produce more autographs. The object on
which the signatures is placed can also influence the value - as interesting
object with some historic importance or which lightens another side of the
person signing could increase the value as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The following common terms are used by auction
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AD</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Document (hand-written
by the person to be collected, but not signed)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ADS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Document Signed
(written and signed by same individual)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AL</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Letter (hand-written by
the person to be collected, but not signed)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ALS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Letter Signed
(hand-written and signed by same individual)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AMs</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Manuscript (hand-written;
such as the draft of a play, research paper or music sheet)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AMsS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Manuscript Signed
(hand-written and signed by same individual)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AMusQs</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Musical Quotation
Signed (hand-written and signed by same individual)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AN</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Note (no salutation or
closing, usually shorter than a letter)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ANS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Note Signed
(hand-written and signed by same individual)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">AQS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Autograph Quote Signed
(hand-written and signed by same individual; poem verse, sentence, or
bar-of-music)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">DS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Document signed (printed, or
while hand-written by another, is signed by individual sought to be collected)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">LS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Letter Signed (hand-written by
someone else, but signed by the individual sought to be collected, frequently
handwritten by secretaries before the advent of the typewriter)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">PS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Photograph Signed or Postcard
Signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">SP</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Signed Photograph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">TLS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Typed Letter Signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">TNS</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Typed Note Signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Folio</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: A printer's sheet of paper folded
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Octavo(8vo)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: A manuscript page about
six-by-nine inches. (Originally determined by folding a printer's sheet of
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Quarto(4to)</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">: A manuscript page of about nine
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">One of the great sources to your autograph
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Based on the budget you set, you can choose to focus on a certain coin collecting field. For example some coin collectors decide to focus on collecting coins only from their own country. Other collectors choose to collect certain coins chronologically by their years of production. This method is useful as many of the coins catalog and books are organized according to their year of production. For example, you can choose to collect a Lincoln cent from the first year it was minted. As many of the coins have different mint marks, you can also broaden your collection by adding each coin with its specific mark. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The success of your coin collection activity depends both on your financial capability as well as the level of your desire to pursue this kind of hobby. With any budget and energy that you might choose to invest in your coin collecting activity, we are sure that you will find it a great source of enjoyment and satisfaction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the great sources to your coin collecting activity is http://www.coollectors.com where you can buy, sell, exchange and catalog your coin collection or simply review collections of other collectors. You can also become a member of the sites growing collectors community, connect with other similar collectors exchange coins and ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Trading cards are small cardboards collected by collectors usually
associated both with sports such as baseball, hockey and basketballs as well as
fantasy and comics. In recent years, trading cards became also a popular method
to promote various occasions and subjects such as TV shows, sports clubs and
special events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Trading cards do not
have a real monetary value and are worth as much as a certain buyer is willing
to pay. Nevertheless, the value of a trading card could be influenced by several
factors such as its condition and popularity. Occasionally some cards
manufacturers limit the production of a certain card series to increase their
value. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">When determining the
condition of a certain trading card several indications are being inspected such
as the centering of the card, the corners of the card, the edges of the card
and the surface of the card. Imperfections
such as tears and blurred images could lower the value of the card significantly.
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Pristine describes a
perfect card without any imperfections or damage to the naked eye and upon
close inspection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Mint condition describes
a card without any printing imperfections or damage to the naked eye and with very
minor printing imperfections or damage upon close inspection and with clean gloss
with one or two scratches. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Near Mint or Mint describes
a card without any printing imperfections or damage to the naked eye, but with
slight printing imperfections or damage upon close inspection and with solid
gloss with very minor scratches. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a card with noticeable, but minor, imperfections or wear on the card and mostly
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">An antique is a collectible item which is usually
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is common to relate to a collectible as an antique with
it being at least hundred years old. Thus, the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> customs office considers as
an antique any object which is older than hundred years old. This is also the
common reference to an antique by the CINOA which is the largest antique
dealers association representing five thousands dealers from more than twenty
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Referring to the valuation of antiques, it is often
difficult to value antiques as they could be one of kind piece which cannot be
comparable with any other item. More over, the only true value of an antique is
the price which a specific buyer is willing to pay for the specific item at a
certain time. However, some guidelines and tools can be summarized of how one
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">One tool which can assist with the value of an antique is
if it is a genuine or a reproduction item and if it is accompanied by
a certification of authentication. Nevertheless, the authentication of the
certificates themselves should be determined as they can easily be forged. One
example is of the son of Han van Meegeren, whom forged the work of his
father and provided a certificate for its provenance as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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similar items and their recorded average selling price in online auctions sites
and auction houses. Some books and price guides which can be found in book
stores and local libraries can also give a good indication of the appropriate
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867, the different colonies each of which had their own stamps were assembled together and new stamps for the whole Canada were released known as the “Large Queens” stamps, featuring a profile of Queen Victoria, based on an engraving by Charles Henry Jeens. These set of the Victorian stamps ranged in value from half cent to fifteen cents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Printed in 1868 and not discovered until 1925, the two cents Large Queen on laid paper is actually today the rarest postage stamp of Canada, so far only two are known to exist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1897 the first commemorative stamps of Canada were released celebrating the 60th year of Queen Victoria and the 30th year of confederation. The design was a side-by-side of the Chalon vignette of the young and included 16 denominations ranging from half cents to five dollars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this year additional releases included the Maple Leaf Issue, regular stamps with the central design based on a Jubilee portrait for Victoria, with maple leaves in each corner. Successive design replaced the lower leaves with numerals of value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">PEZ<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is the brand name of
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">One of our collectors posted today a unique
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of postage stamp added to an envelope in addition to regular postage. It is
similar to a postal tax stamp, but the revenue is used to defray the costs of a
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">The f</span><span class="textexposedshow" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">irst war tax stamps were produced in <st1:metricconverter productid="1874 in" w:st="on">1874 in</st1:metricconverter> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region>, during
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and stamped documents. The stamps were issued on January 1, <st1:metricconverter productid="1874 in" w:st="on">1874 in</st1:metricconverter> two denominations,
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1876, after the Third Carlist War had ended, a further set of five depicting
King Alfonso XII was issued. Intended to help pay off war debts, this set bore
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September 1, 1877, additional denominations of 15 and 50 centimos were added to
this set. A new issue, also bearing King Alfonso's likeness, was prepared and
printed for use in 1879. This issue, a set of seven with denominations of 5,
10, 15, 25 and 50 centimos and 1 and 5 pesetas, was never placed in use as a
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">A joint
issue is a release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more
countries to commemorate <em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-style: normal;">the same topic, event or person of
relevance to both countries. Countries usually share a joint issue to present
their excellent relations and cooperation in various fields. This is an example
of how stamps are a reflection of peoples’ lives</span></em> and of its
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">Joint issues
typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often
similar or identical except for the identification of country and value. Thus
for example, although since 1974 several European nations issue stamps with a
common topic on a regular basis, one cannot say that they are a true joint
issues, since they do not share the same designs or dates of issue.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">One example is the Iranian - Belarus Joint Stamp
Issue 2011, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:placename u3:st="on"><st1:place u4:st="on"><st1:placename u4:st="on">Mir</st1:placename></st1:place></st1:placename></st1:place></st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on"><st1:placetype u3:st="on"><st1:placetype u5:st="on">Castle</st1:placetype></st1:placetype></st1:placetype></st1:place>,
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">On September 28, 2001 The Belarus Post and Iranian Post
jointly released a postage stamp. This release featured two of the most famous
heritage sites in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u6:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:country-region></st1:country-region> and
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u7:st="on"><st1:place u7:st="on">Belarus</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">The Mirsky Castle Complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u8:st="on">Belarus</st1:country-region></st1:country-region></st1:country-region> located
in the town of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:city u9:st="on"><st1:place u9:st="on">Mir</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city> in
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">The Arg of Karim Khan is also a well known heritage site located
in the north-east ofShiraz, southern <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u10:st="on"><st1:place u10:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
It was constructed as part of a complex during the Zand dynasty and is named
after Karim Khan, and served as his living quarters.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;">Some
of the joint stamps releases are quite refreshing, such as the joint issue
presented by the Hong Kong & Romania Joint stamps Issue on Handicraft 2011.</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;"><u1:p></u1:p>This release featured two of the most famous
handicrafts in the two countries: the Hong Kong’s Handicraft, the Dough
Figurines and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u11:st="on"><st1:place u11:st="on">Romania</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
Handicraft, the Painted Eggs. The Dough figurine is a traditional
handicraft art in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u12:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:country-region></st1:country-region> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:place u13:st="on">Hong kong</st1:place></st1:place></st1:place>)
going back one thousand years. The Painted Eggs are a common holiday
gift in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u14:st="on"><st1:place u14:st="on">Romania</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> especially
in the Easter holiday. On Easter women and children usually gather together to
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">The United States Postal Service also collaborates with
the postal administration of other countries to release joint issues on a
sporadic basis. Collaborating five times each, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:country-region> are
the most prolific philatelic partners of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region u3:st="on"><st1:place u3:st="on"><st1:country-region u15:st="on"><st1:place u15:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
The USPS joint issues include releases on various topics such as the
1959 joint issue shared with Canada commemorating the Opening of the St.
Lawrence Seaway, the 1986 joint issue shared with France stating the Centennial
of the Statue of Liberty and the 1992 joint issue with
Italy, Spain and Portugal sharing the memory of Columbus' Voyages.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today’s Focus: The </i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Mughal Empire Coins</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The Mughal period in</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">India</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">commenced
in 1526 AD when Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi, the Sultan of</span> Delhi <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">and ended in 1857 AD when the British deposed and </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">exiled Bahadur Shah
Zafar, the last Mughal emperor after the great uprising. The Mughal
emperors were descendants of the Timurids and at the height of their power in the late 17th and early 18th centuries,
they controlled most of the Indian Subcontinent—extending from</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Bengal</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">in
the east to</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Balochistan</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">in the west,</span> <st1:place w:st="on"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Kashmir</span></st1:place> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">in the north to the</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Kaveri</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">basin
in the south.</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Its population at that
time has been estimated as between 110 and 150 million, over a territory of
more than 3.2 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles).</span></span></div>
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Mughal Coins</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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about uniformity and consolidation of the system of coinage throughout the
empire which was the most significant contribution to the monetary </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">history of the subcontinent.
The system lasted long even after the cessation of the Mughal rule in the
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tri-metalism (use of gold, silver and copper in coins) which characterizes the
Mughal coinage was largely the creation of Sher Shah Suri (1540 to 1545 AD), an
Afghan, who ruled for a brief time. Sher Shah issued a coin of silver
which was termed the Rupiya. This had a weight of 178 grains and was the
precursor of the modern rupee. It remained largely unchanged till the
early twentieth century. Gold coins called the Mohur (weighing 169 grains)
were issued along with the silver Rupiya and the copper coins, called the
Dam. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">Numismatics of the
Mughal era reflects originality and innovative skills in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">designs and minting
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maturity during the reign of Akbar (1542 to 1605). Innovations like
ornamentation of the background of the die with floral scrollwork were
introduced. Jehangir (1605 to1627) took a personal interest in his coinage. The
surviving gigantic coins are </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">amongst the largest
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">The Mughal rule in</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">India</span></st1:country-region> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">brought Muslim design to the coins of</span> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">. Since Islam forbade the use of people and
animals in artwork, most of the coins of the Mughal Dynasty were decorated with
beautiful script such as the example below. The coins with zodiacal signs,
portraits, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 18pt;">literary verses and the
excellent calligraphy took Mughal coinage to new heights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“The Euro is the beginning of a stronger European Union. We shall be the best in the world, the best in the world!” Romano Prodi, the former European Commission</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The Euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.The currency is also used in a further five European countries and consequently used daily by some 332 million Europeans. Additionally, over 175 million people worldwide - including 150 million people in Africa - use currencies which are pegged to the Euro. Since late 2009 the euro has been immersed in the European sovereign debt crisis which has led to the creation of the European Financial Stability Facility as well as other reforms aimed at stabilizing the currency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2012 is the Year of the Water Dragon, which begins on January 23, 2012 and ends on February 9, 2013. The Dragon is the fifth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, which consists of 12 Animal signs. The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend. In ancient China, the celestial Dragon represents an emperor and power. Today, it is the ultimate auspicious symbol signifying success and happiness.</span></div>
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