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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>COLLECTOR</strong> SERIES<br />

with the laureated bust of Louis XIV. to right, and the<br />

legend Lad. XIIII. D. G. Fr. Et Nov. Rex., and on<br />

reverse, Gloriam Regni Tui Dicent, 1670. This rare<br />

piece purports to have been issued " pour la facilite du<br />

commerce dans les Isles et Terre ferine de PAntique."<br />

There are also pieces of fifteen sols struck for Canada.<br />

The plated sol of 1742, with L in the centre of reverse,<br />

is usually considered as struck for Louisiana. The<br />

bank tokens for the Mauritius were struck at Calcutta<br />

in 1822.<br />

Fulmen—The thunderbolt significant of Zeus, and<br />

found on coins as a symbolical adjunct or in the hands<br />

of the god.<br />

Galley halfpence—The name bestowed by the Lon-<br />

doners on the foreign money tendered at Galley Quay,<br />

Thames Street, by Italian and other traders, and un-<br />

favourably viewed by the English. (See Hazlitt,<br />

" Coins of Europe," pp. 236-237.)<br />

Gairdant or guardant—See Passant.<br />

Gazzetta—One type bears the name of Candia on<br />

reverse, and on obverse the radiated sejant lion facing<br />

with the sword in his right claw. The copper coins<br />

struck for the same Government and island about 1630<br />

for 15, 30, and 60 toriiesi, represent 1, 2, and 4 gazzettas<br />

respectively.<br />

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