Word: coin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back to Las Vegas. There they saw scenes reminiscent of the frontier days when the first railroads were thrown across the western deserts of the U. S. Oldtime "desert rats" swarmed into a small town which had boomed because of its geological location (TIME, Feb. 10). Gaming tables and coin-in-slot pianos were prevalent. There was rough carnival in the atmosphere. Notably missing among the celebrants were officials from Arizona, only Colorado River State to oppose the dam. Arizona's reason: the dam will divert water and power now hers to the other six States (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado...
Nuns, Princesses, Coin-Hoarders...
...nuns masquerading as proletarians. Two of them, whilom Mother Superior Belayeva and Sister Danilova (both of the suppressed Convent of Ekaterinburg), were further accused of being former princesses.- To their homes the Ogpu frog-marched the protesting nuns, ransacked, found 800 silver ruble pieces, 250 rubles in Tsarist gold coins, "a panful of copper coins" and 515 carats of assorted precious stones. In reporting the women's arrest as "coin-hoarders," famed Besbozhnik ("The Atheist") ominously stated last week that twelve priests have been arrested for coin-hoarding in recent months, that twelve other persons have been shot...
...next series includes coins of the post-conquest period before 1272. Most of the rulers of this period are historically important. The most noteworthy coin of this series is that of Prince Henry, the Earl of Northumberland, great grandson of the Duncan who played so prominent a part in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Coins of this prince are extremely rare...
Among the remaining coins are the three-pound piece of Charles I, three coins of Richard Coeur de Lion, two coins of Crusader principalities, and a coin of Charlemagne...