Ukkia, or Okkia. A former silver eoin
of Moroeeo, the two twenty-sevenths part
of the Rial in value. It was divided into
four Blanquillos
Umpyo. A silver coin of Korea, issued
in the nineteenth year of the Emperor Tai,
i.e., A.D. 1882. It was circular in form,
without the central square hole, and of
three different denominations. Its minting
ceased in 1883. It was also called Daidong
Chun.
Un Byong. A word meanings "silver
pot" in the Korean language, and given
to a coin on account of the resemblance it
bore to that article. This silver coin had
a definite weight, and was introduced in
the sixth vear of King Shukehong, i.e..
A.D. 1101."
Uncia. The twelfth part of the As. It
bears on the obverse the head of Mars, and
on the reverse the prow of a galley. On
each side is one boss to indicate its weight
of one ounce.
A smaller coin, the Semi-Uncia, was of
one half the weight and value. See Aes
Grave.
Unciales. See Guldengro.schen.
Uncirculated Coins are such as have
been preserved, immediately after they
were issued, and present a bright or perfect
appearance, without traces of any injury.
Unecht means "not genuine," and the
term rnechte Miinzen is employed by German
writers to indicate counterfeit coins.
Unetos. The name given to a variet.y of
Denari of Alfonso I, struck in Barcelona
in 1180, which contained one twelfth of
silver to the Mark. See Engel and Serrure
(ii. 4.39).
Ungaro. A gold coin, connnon to a number
of the Italian states, which obtains its
name from the Hungarian type of ^latthias
Corvinus, with the Virgin and Child.
At Parma it was issued by the Fariiese
family in tiie seventeenth century; at Correggio
by Camillo of Austria (1597-1605) ;
[-2,
at Tassarolo by Agostino Spinola (1604-
1616) and his successors; at Modena by
Cesare d'Este (1597-1628) ; at Florence by
Cosmo III (1670-1723), etc. The name of
the coin is also written Ongaro.
Ungersk Gyllen. See Gyllen.
Unicorn. A Scotch gold eoin, struck by
.Tames III in his third coinage of 1486, and
continued in the reigns of James IV and
.lames V. Its weight was tifty-nine grains.
The name is derived from the design of
a unicorn, having a crown around its neck
fi'om which hang a ring and chain, and
supporting a shield of arms.
The legend on the reverse, exvrgat de
ET DisiPENT iNiMici, was copied on the Sovereign
of James I of England, issued in
1603. See Alicorno.
Unierijksdaalder. Another name for the
Leijcesterdaalder ( q.v. )
.
Uniface. A term used to describe a coin
struck on one side only.
Union Penny. The name given to a pattern
Penny jirepared in 1789 by Mossop,
a jeweler and die-sinker, of Dublin. Only
si.x specimens are said to have been struck,
and two of them were presented to George
III. Its rarity is due to the fact that the
die for the reverse broke.
The name is given to this pattern on
account of the emblematical fig\ires of Britannia
and Hibernia on the revei'se. The
engraving is after a design by Sir Joshua
Reynolds.
Unite. An English gold coin, of the
value of twenty Shillings, first issued in
the reign of .Tames I, jjursuant to a proclamation
of 1604. The union of England
and Scotland is referred to both in the
names and in the inscriptions on these
coins. The Unite reads paciam eos in gen-
TEM UNAM, from Ezekiel (xxxvii. 22).
The Unites of the fourth coinage of this
monarch (1619) have the king's head
wreathed with laurel in.stead of being
ciY)wned, and consequentlj' they are fre-
((uently known as Laurels, and also as
Broad Pieces. Sec Oxford TTnite.
50 ]
Upstalsboom Thaler Utuzlik
Upstalsboom Thaler. A silver coin
struck by George V, Kin<j of Hanover, in
I860 to coninieniorate the fiftieth anniversary
of the uni<iM of Hanover ami East
Fi-ieshui<1.
Uqijeh. A silver coin of Morocco, first
issued under .Muliaiiimad Abd-Alhiii Ijen
Ismail (A.H. 1171-1205), and in use until
the introduction of the present system.
There is a lialf.
Urchin. A coin of Brabant, referred to
in the eifrhtecnth century as beiufr equal
to one half of tiie Heller. Sec Poy.
Urdee, or Urdih. A former money of
account used at Bombay, etc., and comjMited
at two Reis. Sre Mohur.
Ursula Thaler. Tiie name given to a
silver Tiudcr struck at Cologne in 1516,
which has on the obverse the figures of
three Jlagi with their names, and on the
reverse a vessel carrying St. Ursula and
her companions on the river Khine to
Cologne, wiu>re she is .supposed to have
suffered nuirtyi-dom. There exist double
and ti'iple Thaler of the same tvpe. Sec
Madai (No. 2188).
Usmani. A name given to the forty Cash
piece of Mysore. See Asmani.
Usualmark. During a great part of tlie
Jliddic Ages, when payments were made
in the Mark as a money of account, it became
necessary to have a fixed .standard,
as the Pfennige and other small coins were
not uniform in size and fineness. The
coins were therefore melted and cast in a
flat circular lump, on which incuse stamj)-
ings were affixed, indicating the weight and
purity of the silver. These ingots are
known in contemporary records as iiiarrar
argcnti u.sualis sujnaiae, and the common
name for one of them was the Usualmark.
By an agreement made in 1382, the cities
of (loslar, Brunswick, Hildesheim, Eimbeck,
Hanover, Wernigerode, and Osterode
pledged themselves to kec]) all their Usualmarken
at a uniform degree of fineness.
They were stamped with the arms of the
respective cities, and in addition with a
crown, as an indication of the conventional
agreement.
Uta. See Bahar.
Utuzlik, or Otuzlik. A silver coin of the
Ottoman Empire, of the value of thirty
Paras. The name is derived from the
Turkish word utuz, i.e., thirty. The Slavonian
equivalent is Zolota, or Zolotah, by
which name it is also fre<iuently known.
Its weight varies from two hundred and
thirteen to two hundred and thirty grains,
and there is a double, called the Altmishlik.
In the reign of Selim III (A.H. 120:5-
1222), when the weight of the coinage was
reduced, the Utuzlik was not struck.
of Moroeeo, the two twenty-sevenths part
of the Rial in value. It was divided into
four Blanquillos
Umpyo. A silver coin of Korea, issued
in the nineteenth year of the Emperor Tai,
i.e., A.D. 1882. It was circular in form,
without the central square hole, and of
three different denominations. Its minting
ceased in 1883. It was also called Daidong
Chun.
Un Byong. A word meanings "silver
pot" in the Korean language, and given
to a coin on account of the resemblance it
bore to that article. This silver coin had
a definite weight, and was introduced in
the sixth vear of King Shukehong, i.e..
A.D. 1101."
Uncia. The twelfth part of the As. It
bears on the obverse the head of Mars, and
on the reverse the prow of a galley. On
each side is one boss to indicate its weight
of one ounce.
A smaller coin, the Semi-Uncia, was of
one half the weight and value. See Aes
Grave.
Unciales. See Guldengro.schen.
Uncirculated Coins are such as have
been preserved, immediately after they
were issued, and present a bright or perfect
appearance, without traces of any injury.
Unecht means "not genuine," and the
term rnechte Miinzen is employed by German
writers to indicate counterfeit coins.
Unetos. The name given to a variet.y of
Denari of Alfonso I, struck in Barcelona
in 1180, which contained one twelfth of
silver to the Mark. See Engel and Serrure
(ii. 4.39).
Ungaro. A gold coin, connnon to a number
of the Italian states, which obtains its
name from the Hungarian type of ^latthias
Corvinus, with the Virgin and Child.
At Parma it was issued by the Fariiese
family in tiie seventeenth century; at Correggio
by Camillo of Austria (1597-1605) ;
[-2,
at Tassarolo by Agostino Spinola (1604-
1616) and his successors; at Modena by
Cesare d'Este (1597-1628) ; at Florence by
Cosmo III (1670-1723), etc. The name of
the coin is also written Ongaro.
Ungersk Gyllen. See Gyllen.
Unicorn. A Scotch gold eoin, struck by
.Tames III in his third coinage of 1486, and
continued in the reigns of James IV and
.lames V. Its weight was tifty-nine grains.
The name is derived from the design of
a unicorn, having a crown around its neck
fi'om which hang a ring and chain, and
supporting a shield of arms.
The legend on the reverse, exvrgat de
ET DisiPENT iNiMici, was copied on the Sovereign
of James I of England, issued in
1603. See Alicorno.
Unierijksdaalder. Another name for the
Leijcesterdaalder ( q.v. )
.
Uniface. A term used to describe a coin
struck on one side only.
Union Penny. The name given to a pattern
Penny jirepared in 1789 by Mossop,
a jeweler and die-sinker, of Dublin. Only
si.x specimens are said to have been struck,
and two of them were presented to George
III. Its rarity is due to the fact that the
die for the reverse broke.
The name is given to this pattern on
account of the emblematical fig\ires of Britannia
and Hibernia on the revei'se. The
engraving is after a design by Sir Joshua
Reynolds.
Unite. An English gold coin, of the
value of twenty Shillings, first issued in
the reign of .Tames I, jjursuant to a proclamation
of 1604. The union of England
and Scotland is referred to both in the
names and in the inscriptions on these
coins. The Unite reads paciam eos in gen-
TEM UNAM, from Ezekiel (xxxvii. 22).
The Unites of the fourth coinage of this
monarch (1619) have the king's head
wreathed with laurel in.stead of being
ciY)wned, and consequentlj' they are fre-
((uently known as Laurels, and also as
Broad Pieces. Sec Oxford TTnite.
50 ]
Upstalsboom Thaler Utuzlik
Upstalsboom Thaler. A silver coin
struck by George V, Kin<j of Hanover, in
I860 to coninieniorate the fiftieth anniversary
of the uni<iM of Hanover ami East
Fi-ieshui<1.
Uqijeh. A silver coin of Morocco, first
issued under .Muliaiiimad Abd-Alhiii Ijen
Ismail (A.H. 1171-1205), and in use until
the introduction of the present system.
There is a lialf.
Urchin. A coin of Brabant, referred to
in the eifrhtecnth century as beiufr equal
to one half of tiie Heller. Sec Poy.
Urdee, or Urdih. A former money of
account used at Bombay, etc., and comjMited
at two Reis. Sre Mohur.
Ursula Thaler. Tiie name given to a
silver Tiudcr struck at Cologne in 1516,
which has on the obverse the figures of
three Jlagi with their names, and on the
reverse a vessel carrying St. Ursula and
her companions on the river Khine to
Cologne, wiu>re she is .supposed to have
suffered nuirtyi-dom. There exist double
and ti'iple Thaler of the same tvpe. Sec
Madai (No. 2188).
Usmani. A name given to the forty Cash
piece of Mysore. See Asmani.
Usualmark. During a great part of tlie
Jliddic Ages, when payments were made
in the Mark as a money of account, it became
necessary to have a fixed .standard,
as the Pfennige and other small coins were
not uniform in size and fineness. The
coins were therefore melted and cast in a
flat circular lump, on which incuse stamj)-
ings were affixed, indicating the weight and
purity of the silver. These ingots are
known in contemporary records as iiiarrar
argcnti u.sualis sujnaiae, and the common
name for one of them was the Usualmark.
By an agreement made in 1382, the cities
of (loslar, Brunswick, Hildesheim, Eimbeck,
Hanover, Wernigerode, and Osterode
pledged themselves to kec]) all their Usualmarken
at a uniform degree of fineness.
They were stamped with the arms of the
respective cities, and in addition with a
crown, as an indication of the conventional
agreement.
Uta. See Bahar.
Utuzlik, or Otuzlik. A silver coin of the
Ottoman Empire, of the value of thirty
Paras. The name is derived from the
Turkish word utuz, i.e., thirty. The Slavonian
equivalent is Zolota, or Zolotah, by
which name it is also fre<iuently known.
Its weight varies from two hundred and
thirteen to two hundred and thirty grains,
and there is a double, called the Altmishlik.
In the reign of Selim III (A.H. 120:5-
1222), when the weight of the coinage was
reduced, the Utuzlik was not struck.