Definition of Piedforts

1. piedfort [n] - See also: piedfort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piedforts

pieceworks
piechart
piecharts
piecing
piecings
piecrust
piecrusts
pied
pied-a-terre
pied-billed grebe
pied lemming
pied piper
pied wagtail
pied wagtails
piedfort
piedforts (current term)
piedish
piedishes
piedmont
piedmont fracture
piedmontite
piedmontites
piedmonts
piedness
piedouche
piedouches
piedra nostras
pieds-a-terre
pieds terminaux

Literary usage of Piedforts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"piedforts in the English coinage, ix. 369. Pietro Ziani, coin of, iv. 257. Pinara in Lycia, coin of, vi. 260. Pisa, coin of, iv. 257. Pius II., medals of, ..."

2. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"There is a record of a payment made to him in 1608 of 27 livres for piedforts, which are probably the well-known piedforts, dated 1607, and described in ..."

3. Index of Archaeological Papers, 1665-1890 by George Laurence Gomme (1907)
"piedforts in the English coinage. Num. Chron. 3rd. S. ix. 369-372. - Find of gold coins near Chesham, Bucks. Num. Chron. 3rd S. x. 48-50. ..."

4. An Essay on Medals by John Pinkerton (1784)
"... of what the French call piedforts, that is, very thick for its fize, which is about that of half a crown. The relief is, however, very flat, ..."

5. A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house by Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn (1855)
"... the piedforts, trial pieces, and proofs of coins had long previously borne inscribed legends on the edges, in fact, from the reign of Charles the Ninth ..."

6. The Coinage of the European Continent by William Carew Hazlitt (1893)
"Patterns have more often than not been issued on the Continent in this shape, and the piedforts in the French series are particularly numerous. ..."

7. Zeitschrift für Numismatik by Alfred Friedrich Constantin von Sallet, Hermann Dannenberg, Heinrich Dressel, Julius Menadier, Kurt Regling (1892)
"S. LXX heisst es, in Deutschland träten die Probemünzen, im Gegensatz zu den französischen, niederländischen und böhmischen piedforts, meist als Klippen auf ..."

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