Gold-pieces Sentence Examples

He took ten gold pieces from his table and wrapped them in the little letter.

While the coinage of silver, nickel and copper is reserved to the state, the coinage of gold pieces can be undertaken by the state for the account of private individuals on payment of a fixed charge.

Since 1873 gold has been the standard, and gold pieces of 20 and 10 kroner are coined, but not often met with, as the public prefers bank-notes.

Of these the coins are chiefly Roman and Byzantine gold pieces of the 5th century, the bracteates copies of Roman coins of the same period.

In circulation there are gold pieces of 10 and 20 dinars; silver of 50 paras, and I, 2 and 5 dinars; nickel of 5, 10 and 20 paras; and bronze of 2 paras.

Under the Merovingians it was a hierarchy wherein grades were marked by the varied scale of the Disruption wergild, a man being worth anything from thirty to six of the hundred gold pieces.

Compelled by Bardanes's disloyalty to take the field himself, he sustained a severe defeat at Crasus in Phrygia (805), and the subsequent inroads of the enemy into Asia Minor induced him to make peace on condition of paying a yearly contribution of 30,000 gold pieces.

The sultan ordered his treasurer, Khojah Hasan Maimandi, to pay to Firdousi a thousand gold pieces for every thousand verses; but the poet preferred allowing the sum to accumulate till the whole was 1 A sort of cuirass.

He put his hand in his pocket, and was surprised to find the gold pieces wrapped in his mother's letter.

You may send the gold pieces to your mother with my compliments; and tell her that the king will take care of both her and you.

I ran to pick it up and was surprised to find that it was a bag full of bright gold pieces.

So I took ten gold pieces from the many that were in the bag.

Saying this, he ordered that ten gold pieces be given to the merchant in place of those that were lacking.

Prince Andrew took out his purse and gave the soldier three gold pieces.

Speak to him and say "Ashari", then "key" and he will give you the key for 50 gold pieces.

There were four five-dollar gold pieces and three two-dollar and fifty-cent coins.

Claire scooped up the five dollar gold pieces and dropped them in her bag.

Amongst other princes whose liberal presents enabled him to combat his pecuniary difficulties, was one Rustam, son of Fakhr Addaula, the Dailamite, who sent him a thousand gold pieces in acknowledgment of a copy of the episode of Rustam and Isfendiar which Firdousi had sent him, and promised him a gracious reception if he should ever come to his court.

For several years no Egyptian gold pieces have been coined.

There go a hundred gold pieces all at once.

He took some gold pieces from his trouser pocket and put them on the dish for her.

Black Hills gold pieces are, however, often shipped and sold at a variety of stores to meet consumer need.

Italian gold jewelry is typically made from 18 karat (KT) gold, although you can purchase 14KT gold and even up to 22KT gold pieces.