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Liverpool University Press Tokens in Classical Athens and Beyond
Book Synopsis**An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. A selection of essays on symbola, as the tokens of Classical Athens were called, bringing together scholars of various disciplines and professional categories (numismatists, historians, museum curators) that intends to reshape our knowledge on the roles these objects played in the Athenian Democracy. This is a series of case studies which aspires to test old theories and probe new assumptions. The first section explores the extent to which our knowledge has evolved since symbola were first distinguished from coins. Four essays demonstrate how tokens, as material manifestations of particular institutions, contributed to the formation of civic and political identity in the city-state of Athens and the roles they played in ensuring legal and political equality. The second section of the volume on new finds aims to develop expertise in studying tokens and increase relevant knowledge. Finally, a third section contains comparative studies from Sicily, Jerusalem and Ephesos, aiming to adopt a comparative methodology for a better understanding of the characteristics and roles of tokens from across the ancient Mediterranean. Contributors: Vera Geelmuyden Bulgurlu, Tumay Hazinedar Coscun, Antonino Crisà, Yoav Farhi, P. J. Finglass, Mairi Gkikaki, Irini Karra, James Kierstead, John H. Kroll, Stamatoula Makrypodi, Christian Mondello, Daria Russo, Martin Schäfer.Table of ContentsMairi Gkikaki, Introduction **Section One: Symbola in Perception and Practice** 1. P.J. Finglass, Tragic Tokens: Sophoclean Symbola in Context 2. James Kierstead, The Athenian Jigsaw Tokens 3. Mairi Gkikaki, The Council of Five Hundred and Symbola in Classical Athens 4. Daria Russo, Tokens and Athenian Tribes: Iconography and Contexts of Use **Section Two: New Finds, embarking on Modern Interpretations** 5. Stamatoula Makrypodi, Athenian Clay Tokens, New Types, New Interpretations 6. John H. Kroll, Lettered and other tokens in the Lawcourts and the Assembly of Athens 7. Irini Karra, The Lot of Lead Tokens from the Makrygianni Plot in Athens **Section Three: Athenian tokens in the aftermath of the Classical Period** 8. Martin Schäfer, Nike on Hellenistic lead tokens: iconography and meaning{::}** 9. Cristian Mondello, Alexander the Great on Lead: Notes on some tokens from Roman imperial Athens{::}** **Section Four: Comparative Studies** 10. Antonino Crisà, New Hellenistic and Roman Clay Tokens from Sicily: Some Case Studies from the Museum of Palermo{::}** 11. Yoav Farhi, A New Type of Roman Period Clay Tokens from Jerusalem 12. Vera Geelmuyden Bulgurlu and Tumay Hazinedar Coscun, A Group of Lead Tokens in the Ephesos Museum Collection
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Liverpool University Press Watercraft on World Coins: 3-Volume Set
Book SynopsisFram, Golden Hind, Santa Maria, Vasa, and H.M.S. Victory are names of famous ships that have played a part in Europe's maritime history. The stories associated with these and many other ships are told in this book of "ship coins". Each narrative provides the historical background and watercraft experience and circumstance of the soldiers, sailors, admirals and generals, explorers, naval commanders and fishermen who sometimes through bravery and sometimes through human error have merited a place in the historical record, and are associated with particular vessels that have merited the striking of a coin in record and remembrance. The three-volume set is the first ever to narrate the history through the medium of ships featured on coins. Each entry contains information on the ships, wherever available (length, beam, depth and tonnage). Each volume contains a select bibliography and an index listing the ships, persons and other major topics covered in the narratives.Trade ReviewDotans research is detailed and his narratives about ships are aimed at all students of naval warfare, shipping and numismatics. Each narrative provides the historical background and watercraft experience and circumstance of the soldiers, sailors, admirals and generals, explorers, naval commanders and fishermen that have earned a place in the historical record and that have been featured on coins in their honor. -- Coin World"Finally a new manual of numisnautics, which will be a valuable aid for many collectors. The outstanding characteristic of the book is its user friendliness. This work is an all-round success." -- NumisnautikEach coin is identified by its denomination, date of issue and metallic composition. A high quality black and white image accompanies many of the descriptions. For each coin listed there is a detailed description of the ship depicted on the coin its length, tonnage, launch date, speed, its place in history and, in some cases, its ultimate demise. -- CN Journal, the official publication of the Canadian Numismatic Association
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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd Tokens of Love, Loss and Disrespect 1700-1850
Book SynopsisCoins from the 18th and early 19th centuries are physically and visually intriguing. In addition to their monetary uses, they were repurposed to communicate private and public messages – from ad hoc scratchings and punch marks to full-scale re-engraving of surfaces. This book aims to give 21st-century readers insight into that experience and to the many unoface="Cambria Math">fficial purposes these objects served.Drawing on the largest extant collection of defaced coins and tokens, this publication brings together for the first time the full-range of expertise required to understand the phenomenon, with contributions from 11 scholars and collectors. It focuses on a significant period in British history, when modification expressed political commentary, commercial activity, familial and emotional commitment, personal identity and life history. It will examine the coins and tokens themselves and look at who modified them, where, why and how. The circumstances of the coins’ subsequent survival is explained, and each aspect will be set in its specific historical contexts.Defaced coins and tokens are often enigmatic objects, and this book will oface="Cambria Math">ffer a means of decoding and assessing them, while also drawing attention to their value as a distinctive source of historical evidence. The contributors will also consider what these surviving coins reveal about the society in which they were produced and the light they shed on major historical developments of the period. Tim Hitchcock, for example, discusses the new prison culture that emerged following the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, evidenced in a growing number of convict tokens made in Newgate. Hamish Maxwell Stewart examines love tokens illustrated with the'Sailor’s Farewell' within the context of the market for sailor’s gifts and tattoos to ward against the dangers of oceanic travel. Steve Poole looks at tokens as souvenirs of public hangings, not only in terms of the influence they exerted on contemporary public opinion but as exemplars of the wider material culture of public punishment. And Sally Holloway examines the design and iconography of love tokens exchanged as romantic gifts. As well as 12 essays, there is an annotated catalogue of 100 coins, selected for their individual interest or representativeness of a distinctive type of modification or motif.Trade ReviewEssays explore the myriad ways that coins have been inscribed with messages of protest, love and more. * The Art Newspaper *
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New Generation Publishing Cast Korean Coins and Charms
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Oxford University Press Money in the Western Legal Tradition
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coins of Japan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coins of Japan
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Taylor & Francis The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals I
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Taylor & Francis The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II Studies on Images of the Saints and on Personal Piety Variorum Collected Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coins in Churches
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Thirty Pieces of Silver
Book SynopsisThe Thirty Pieces of Silver: Coin Relics in Medieval and Modern Europe discusses many interconnected topics relating to the most perfidious monetary transaction in history: the betrayal of Jesus by Judas for thirty pieces of silver. According to medieval legend, these coins had existed since the time of Abraham's father and had been used in many transactions recorded in the Bible. This book documents fifty specimens of coins which were venerated as holy relics in medieval and modern churches and monasteries of Europe, from Valencia to Uppsala. Most of these relics are ancient Greek silver coins in origin mounted in precious reliquaries or used for the distribution of their wax imprints believed to have healing powers.Drawing from a wide range of historical sources, from hagiography to numismatics, this book will appeal to students and academics researching Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern History, Theology, as well as all those interested in the functiTrade Review‘This is an impressive work which benefits from careful reading. It has much to contribute to studies on medieval religion, the use and interpretation of relics, as well as approaches to studies of material culture … this is an excellent, original and interesting book, which deserves broad readership’ - Medieval Archaeology, Volume 66/2, 2022.‘Travaini must be applauded for this wonderfully researched and presented work, which has much to offer not merely to the medieval and early modern numismatist, but to people with a range of interests, for instance in popular religious history, in the history of numismatics, and in the non-monetary usage of coins, amongst others’ - The Numismatic Chronicle.‘ … this is an important and intriguing book that will appeal to scholars of various topics: theology, the function of relics, iconography, numismatics, and economics. Also, Travaini’s study of the thirty pieces of silver opens issues which are sure to interest researchers who are directly involved with the influence of money on the economy of salvation’ – Renaissance Quarterly, Volume 76:1.Table of ContentsList of Figures / List of Maps / Preface to the English edition / Preface / Acknowledgements / From the ritual uses of coins to their creation as relics / The coins of Saint Helena: Objects of devotion before the invention of the Thirty Pieces of Silver / Judas, the Priests and the Thirty Pieces of Silver / The legend of the Thirty Pieces of Silver: From hagiographic tale to coin relics / The Thirty Pieces of Silver depicted as instruments of the Passion / The Thirty Pieces of Silver as relics: from the first specimens to their proliferation / The Thirty Pieces of Silver as Jewish shekels / Through the eyes of the Antiquarian and those of the Devout. Identification and debate since the Sixteenth Century / Conclusions: Ancient and modern legends, coin relics and the nature of money / Appendix 1: Inventory of recorded specimens of the Thirty Pieces of Silver / Appendix 2: Collection of sources on the Thirty Pieces of Silver, by Francesco D'Angelo / Bibliography / Index
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Taylor & Francis The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins
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Taylor & Francis The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins
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Cambridge University Press Medieval European Coinage 1 The Early Middle Ages 5th10th centuries Volume 1 the Early Middle Ages 5th 10th Centuries Medieval European Coinage Series Number 1
Book SynopsisThis, the first volume of Medieval European Coinage, surveys the coinage of Western Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in the fifth century to the emergence of recognizable 'national' political units in the tenth. It starts with the Vandals, Visigoths, Burgundians and other Germanic invaders of the Empire, whose coins were modelled on contemporary issues of the Western or Eastern emperors. The coinage of the Franks is followed from early Merovingian times through to the establishment and subsequent fragmentation of the Carolingian empire. Italy is represented by the coinages of the Ostrogoths, Lombards, Carolingians and popes down to the Ottoman conquest in the mid-tenth century. The coinage of the Anglo-Saxons is traced from the introduction of minting in the early seventh century to the emergence of a united kingdom during the first half of the tenth century, including the aberrant coinages of Northumbria and the Anglo-Viking coinages of the Danelaw.Table of ContentsForeword Graham Pollard; List of plates; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on spelling; 1. Introduction; 2. The Vandals; 3. Odovacar and the Ostrogoths, 476–552; 4. The Visigoths; 5. The Lombards; 6. Minor Germanic peoples; 7. The Franks and Frisians in the Merovingian period; 8. The Anglo-Saxons: sixth–mid eighth centuries; 9. The Carolingians; 10. The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: eighth–tenth centuries; Appendices; Bibliography; Catalogue; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Medieval European Coinage Volume 14 South Italy Sicily Sardinia
Book SynopsisThis volume of Medieval European Coinage deals with the coinage of south Italy, Sicily and Sardinia between the mid-tenth century, when Volume 1 ended, and the reign of Ferdinand the Catholic, on the threshold of the modern era. The complex background to the history of this region makes its coinages among the most interesting of medieval Europe.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'With its careful analysis and exhaustive bibliography, this volume will serve well as a handbook for the historian dealing with the economy of medieval southern Italy as well as for the numismatist classifying its coinage. When all of the volumes of the series are available, we will at least have the basis for a comprehensive view of the monetary development of medieval Europe.' Journal of European Economic HistoryTable of ContentsList of plates; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on spelling; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-Norman coinages, and minor states subsequently; 3. The Normans: from the conquest to the kingdom; 4. The Hohenstaufen, 1194–1266; 5. Charles I of Anjou, 1266–85; 6. Naples under the Angevins, from Charles II to René of Anjou, 1285–1442; 7. Sicily under the Aragonese, 1282–1416; 8. Sardinia, from the twelfth century to 1416; 9. The Aragonese dominions of Sicily, Sardinia and Naples (1416–1516); 10. Naples and south Italy, 1458–1504: Ferrante to Louis XII; Appendices; Bibliography; Catalogue; Concordances; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press The Mint
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Monetary System The Eastern Provinces from the First to the Third Century AD
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Cambridge University Press Early Hellenistic Portraiture 1 Image Style Context
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Cambridge University Press Money and Power in AngloSaxon England The Southern English Kingdoms 757865 80 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 80
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and to situate this evidence within the wider historical context of Anglo-Saxon England and its continental neighbours.Trade Review"This is a well-crafted, rigorously researched book, supported by an extensive bibliography. Naismith uses all of the evidence available to explore the relationship of money and power in the Southern Kingdom in the century between the reign of Offa and the arrival of the Viking Great Army." -Tony Abramson, The Journal of British StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Money in its political context; 3. Looking at coinage: iconography and inscriptions; 4. Authority and minting I: the King; 5. Authority and minting II: mints, die-cutters and moneyers; 6. Value judgements: weight and fineness; 7. Production of coinage; 8. The circulation of coinage; 9. The nature of coin-use in the early Middle Ages; 10. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Roman Republic to 49 BCE
Book SynopsisThe narrative of Roman history has been largely shaped by the surviving literary sources, augmented in places by material culture. The numerous surviving coins can, however, provide new information on the distant past. This accessible but authoritative guide introduces the student of ancient history to the various ways in which they can help us understand the history of the Roman republic, with fresh insights on early Roman-Italian relations, Roman imperialism, urban politics, constitutional history, the rise of powerful generals and much more. The text is accompanied by over 200 illustrations of coins, with detailed captions, as well as maps and diagrams so that it also functions as a sourcebook of the key coins every student of the period should know. Throughout, it demystifies the more technical aspects of the field of numismatics and ends with a how-to guide for further research for non-specialists.Table of Contents1. Money; 2. Monuments; 3. Mutinies?; 4. Mobilization; Index.
£71.24
Cambridge University Press Money and Power in AngloSaxon England The Southern English Kingdoms 757865 80 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 80
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and to situate this evidence within the wider historical context of Anglo-Saxon England and its continental neighbours. Its nine chapters integrate historical and numismatic research to explore who made early medieval coinage, who used it and why. The currency emerges as a significant resource accessible across society and, through analysis of its production, circulation and use, the author shows that control over coinage could be a major asset. This control was guided as much by ideology as by economics and embraced several levels of power, from kings down to individual craftsmen. Thematic in approach, this innovative book offers an engaging, wide-ranging account of Anglo-Saxon coinage as a unique and revealing gauge for the interaction of society, economy and government.Trade Review"This is a well-crafted, rigorously researched book, supported by an extensive bibliography. Naismith uses all of the evidence available to explore the relationship of money and power in the Southern Kingdom in the century between the reign of Offa and the arrival of the Viking Great Army." -Tony Abramson, The Journal of British StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Money in its political context; 3. Looking at coinage: iconography and inscriptions; 4. Authority and minting I: the King; 5. Authority and minting II: mints, die-cutters and moneyers; 6. Value judgements: weight and fineness; 7. Production of coinage; 8. The circulation of coinage; 9. The nature of coin-use in the early Middle Ages; 10. Conclusion.
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University of Illinois Press Wampum and the Origins of American Money
Book SynopsisMarc Shell is Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including The Economy of Literature, Money, Language, and Thought, and Art and Money.
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WW Norton & Co Double Eagle
Book SynopsisA thrilling page-turner....This is a great read.Publishers Weekly, starred reviewTrade Review"Frankel steers her reader through a world of coin fairs, backroom deals, gossip and meticulous scholarship. The result is a thriller-like narrative that tacks swiftly back and forth among the principal players." -- Jason Goodwin - Wall Street Journal
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The University of Michigan Press From Coins to History
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British Museum Press Money on the Silk Road
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the money of Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800, a period of over 900 years, across a vast geographical area with a very diverse population of different cultures and traditions. The only relevant historical accounts are those found in the Chinese dynastic histories, yet these contain few references to money in Eastern Central Asia. This study therefore depends almost entirely on the archaeological evidence for money found at sites in the region, in the form of coins and contemporary documentary evidence. The book is arranged in four parts. The first part presents the background to the study, the second the numismatic evidence, the third gives the evidence for money in the contemporary documents excavated at sites in Eastern Central Asia, and the concluding part brings together the data from the numismatic and documentary evidence to create a new framework for money in early Eastern Central Asia.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd MORE SNOOPY COLLECTIBLES An Unauthorized Guide
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Whitman Coin Products Roosevelt Dime 3 20002015
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Whitman Publishing Statehood DC and Territorial Quarters 19992009
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Whitman Publishing Cherrypickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties of
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Whitman Publishing A Guide Book of Collectible Postcards
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WHITMAN PUB LLC Album American Women Quarters Album
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Whitman Publishing Silver Everything You Need to Know to Buy and
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Whitman Publishing Cherrypickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties of
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Whitman Publishing UsBna Stamp Catalog 2025
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Whitman Publishing Safeguarding History
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Whitman-Cdn Publishing A Guide Book of United States Coins Mega Red 10th Edition
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Whitman Publishing Cherrypickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties of
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Whitman Publishing When Coins Were King
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Whitman Publishing United States Type Coins
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Whitman Publishing A Guide Book of Washington Quarters
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Whitman Publishing 100 Greatest U.S. Coins
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WW Norton & Co One Nation Under Gold
Book SynopsisOne Nation Under Gold examines the countervailing forces that have long since divided America—whether gold should be a repository of hope, or a damaging delusion that has long since derailed the rational investor.Trade Review"The book is wildly entertaining as well as informative. …Ledbetter is a first-rate reporter with a nose for unearthing great stories. He delivers great and often outré stories in abundance…Ledbetter has written a delightful book, one that succeeds in capturing, among other things, much of the loopiness that has undeservedly tarnished the reputation of the true gold standard." -- Ralph Benko - Forbes"[A] chronicle of the American people’s fascination with gold. . . . [Ledbetter’s] well-spun narrative spans the better part of four centuries." -- James Grant - Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly readable history of U.S. fiscal policy. Starting with America’s earliest currencies . . . the book traces the chaotic end of the gold standard and dissects our modern obsession with trying to bring it back . . . . [Ledbetter’s] measured, persuasive conclusion after surveying two centuries of haphazard fiscal decision making is that a return to a gold standard would be a deeply bad idea. Consider this a must read for the gold bugs in your life" -- Anne VanderMey - Fortune"Everyone is familiar with gold but few know of its complex history—until now, thanks to James Ledbetter’s skillful storytelling." -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Prize–winning economist and best-selling author of The Great Divide"What an original, imaginative book! Bristling with ideas, this lucid history reveals the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of gold’s role in the American experience. So doing, it illuminates, informs, and provokes." -- Ira Katznelson, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Fear Itself"I learned an interesting new fact on nearly every page of One Nation Under Gold, but I also learned more than facts: James Ledbetter shows us how men have been transfixed by this metal and the folly that has resulted from that obsession. A gripping story, and a history that has had far more influence over policy in the United States than you might think." -- Michael Tomasky, editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas"The material on the gold crisis of the 1960s is really superb—without question the best treatment I have seen of this issue. This was the issue Johnson faced, combined with Vietnam and racial backlash." -- Julian Zelizer, author of The Fierce Urgency of Now"[This] is the first book to really make sense of the tumultuous and entertaining history of Americans’ obsession with gold, brilliantly illuminating how our fascination with the precious metal has shaped our national psyche, sparked political turmoil, and exerted a powerful and often malignant influence on economic policy." -- James Surowiecki
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