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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 8, February 23, 2014, Article 19

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David Pickup writes:

Can I suggest Forum Ancient Coins pages on Numismatic French, Spanish and German? These guides to foreign languages are extremely useful to anyone who buys coins from continental catalogues or websites or uses foreign books.

Here's an excerpt of numismatic German. -Editor

aber - but
Abkürzungen - abbreviations
abwärts - down (upside down)
Abweichungen - deviations (varieties)
achtel - one eighth
Adler - eagle
Androkephaler Stier - man-faced bull
Ähre - wheat ear
Ährenkranz - wreath of wheat ears
allen - all
auf - on
Anfang - start
antike - ancient
aufwärts - upwards
ausgebreiteten - spread (wings)

To read the complete article, see: German numismatic terms and abbreviations (www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20German)

Spanish... -Editor

barbada - bearded

cabeza - head
cabeza descubierta - bare head
campo - fields
ceca - mint
creciente - crescent
cruz - cross

debajo - below
detras - behind

encima - above
espada - sword
estrella - star
estrella de cinco puntas - pentagram

To read the complete article, see: Spanish numismatic terms and abbreviations (www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Spanish)

... and French -Editor

favoris - sideburns
fer de lance - spearhead
fevrier - February
flanque - flanks

grappe de raisin - bunch of grapes
grenetis - beading (dot border)
gauche - left
graveur - engraver

haut - above

isiaque - Isis

joug - yoke

lance - spear
laurier - laurel

To read the complete article, see: French numismatic terms and abbreviations (www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20French)

David adds:

Perhaps there could be a Numismatic English page?

Bold fine – nice looking but worn
Uncleaned – dirty
Unresearched - don’t know what it is
Nearly UNC – extremely fine
Some cabinet wear – scratched
Has been pierced – some idiot’s drilled a hole in it

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