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| tughra | A calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan (and some other rules to the modern day) that was affixed to official documents, carved on his seal, and stamped on coins and inscribed on some stamps issued during his reign. The plural form is tughras. Also spelled, toughra. | Nicholas | 2010-10-18 | ||
| toonie | Nickname given for the Canadian 2 dollar coin. As the one dollar coin is commonly called a "loonie", the word toonie is a combination of "two' and "loonie". Other nicknames that did not quite catch on: bearie (analogous to the Loonie and its loon), the bearly, the deuce, the doubloonie (a play on "double Loonie" and the former Spanish doubloon coin), and the moonie--because it depicted "the Queen with a bear behind"(yes that is punderful). | loonie | Nicholas | 2010-12-21 | |
| type set | A type set is a coin collection or part of a coin collection based on coin design or type. Lincoln cents from the U.S. and 1 oz. Krugerrand coins from South Africa. | key date | Nicholas | 2010-12-24 | |
| TPG | Third Party Graders are companies that grade coins. The most popular three are PCGS, NGC and ANACS. A collector will typically mail in their coins which are then independently graded for a fee and then returned encapsulated in a plastic coin slab. | PCGS NGC ANACS slab encapsulated | Nicholas | 2010-12-24 | |
| Third Party Grading | Abbreviated as TPG, Third Party Grading is the independent grading of the condition of a coin. The most popular three are PCGS, NGC and ANACS. A collector will typically mail in their coins which are then independently graded for a fee and then returned encapsulated in a plastic coin slab. | PCGS NGC ANACS slab encapsulate | Nicholas | 2010-12-24 | |
| tuppence | A historical slang term used in the United Kingdom to refer to two pence, British silver coins. | Nicholas | 2011-05-18 | ||
| token | Tokens are coin-like objects used in place of coins and either have a denomination shown or implied by size, color or shape. Today Subways, arcades, and amusement parks will often use tokens. In the past, the types of merchants that issued tokens included general stores, grocers, department stores, dairies, meat markets, drug stores, saloons, bars, taverns, barbers, coal mines, lumber mills and many other businesses. | exonumia | Nicholas | 2011-07-23 |
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