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Knowledge From The Beaker: The Fascinating Chemistry Of The Metal Cedis And Pesewas

Edit Modern Ghana 07 Jul 2016
Ever wonder why our coins today look the way they do? What are our coins made of? And why some of our coins are not attracted to magnets even though they are metals? Has your child swallowed a coin before? These questions and many more will be answered as we examine the captivating chemistry of coins! ... And what if the coin is swallowed? Swallowing coin seems a very common incident especially among children....

Treasure trove of ancient coins found next to Dundee hotel

Edit Scotsman 07 Jul 2016
A TREASURE hunter has uncovered a hoard of ancient coins while metal detecting on the outskirts of Dundee. Ken Samson, 48, discovered the stash of 16 coins in woods near the Doubletree by Hilton hotel next to the busy Swallow Roundabout on Saturday ... Mr Samson said he does not know when the coins date from but it appears they were buried together and some may have Greek script stamped on them....

PLIBOR for Thursday, 7 July 2016 (as from 12:00hrs) (Bank of Mauritius)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
Gold Coins ... Gold Coins and Commemorative Coins A precious and unique collectable set of Dodo Gold coins issued by the Bank of Mauritius ... The coins have been designed in the purest form to be distinctively attractive. The reverse side of the coins shows the unique beautiful extinct Mauritian bird called the dodo. We also have a dazzling collection of gold as well as silver commemorative coins....

New frontiers: Coindrum offers homegrown solution to foreign coins problem

Edit The Irish Times 07 Jul 2016
Coindrum, a start-up company founded by entrepreneur Lukas Decker, has developed a solution to this problem which not only gets rid of the useless coins but offers travellers something worthwhile in return for them ... “The shopper might deposit €5 worth of coins in the machine and get a voucher for €5.50 to spend in the airport shops’” he says ... “I had a great technology partner in Scan Coin who helped with that....

Dirham a Day initiative aims to collect coins for drought relief on Indonesian island

Edit The National 07 Jul 2016
ABU DHABI // It is easy to lose a dirham coin down the back of a sofa or in a wardrobe ... Participants are given a money can and asked to drop a dirham coin into it each day ... So we give a can to the people to drop their one dirham coin every day and we will collect it when it is full," said Yuni Pramudyo, head of the Indonesian Muslim Association in Abu Dhabi ... When it's filled with coins I will return it to the community," he said....

A coin-sized device could have big effect on treating cancer with electric fields

Edit Digital Trends 07 Jul 2016
There might be a new cancer treatment on the horizon, and it's the size of a coin. A new device developed by a team of researchers at MIT's Singapore research center seeks to test the effect of electric fields on the spread of cancer cells. The post A coin-sized device could have big effect on treating cancer with electric fields appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....

Special stamp display

Edit Topix 07 Jul 2016
The history of the everyday will come back to life on Sunday as stamp, coin and military buffs from across the region converge on Devonport for a Stamp, Coin and Militaria Fair. For the first time the local event will feature a display of special stamps and banknotes, and that's something organisers have been wanting to do for awhile ... ....

Unprecedented 'Multicurrency' Gaming Token Breakout Coin Ends Their Successful 700 BTC Crowdfund Sale on July 7

Edit PR Newswire 07 Jul 2016
LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakout Coin (www.breakoutcoin.com) today announced it has raised over 700 BTC (close to $500,000 USD) to date in its public crowdsale. The Breakout Coin (BRK) crowdsale, which began June 13 and runs until July 7 at 7.00 pm PDT, offered a 25 ... ....

Pokemon Go "Coming Soon" to Europe and Canada, Launch Trailer Released

Edit Gamespot 07 Jul 2016
Pokemon Go is available now in North America, Australia, and New Zealand ... Players can purchase coins using real money, and then use these coins to acquire in-game items ... ....

Blizzard's Plan For Overwatch's Controversial Sudden Death Mode

Edit Kotaku 07 Jul 2016
A coin flip determines who plays attack and who plays defence ... Many people’s central problems with sudden death—that attack/defence is decided with a coin toss and the whole thing can render hard fought matches more or less moot—have not been addressed here, but that’s not the point ... “The thought was that the coin flip, while it was a little random, ......

Living Smart: Check fan's mounting bracket

Edit The Miami Herald 07 Jul 2016
Balancing a ceiling fan typically poses little challenge for a good handyman. However, not many people realize it's something they can do ... _Check the mounting bracket ... Griffith says you can tape quarters, dimes and other coins to the top of fan blades to balance them. _Balancing ceiling fans ... Griffith says if you're using coins to try different denominations - quarters, nickels, dimes or pennies - to see which weight works best....

USS Louisiana Gold Gives Tour to 'Boy of the Year' (The United States Navy)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. The United States Navy). By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kenneth G. Takada, Commander, Submarine Group 9 Public Affairs. SILVERDALE, Wash ... Melvyn Naidas, Louisiana Gold's commanding officer, presented him with an admiral's command ball cap, his personal challenge coin, the Chief's Quarter's coin, and a custom-made plaque from the crew of Louisiana Gold. 'This boy is easily the bravest person on board,' said Naidas ... (noodl....

Microsoft's Thinga.Me is a scrapbook app for organizing your real-world possessions - CNET

Edit CNET 07 Jul 2016
Want to share your coin collection with the world? Thinga.Me is the app for you ... ....
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