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Was trying to kill two birds with one stone.
My bad . Don't get me wrong, @keith. I wasn't challenging the question, just pondering what one calls half of a hemisphere. I'm sure it's a question that has plagued geographers for centuries  , and a quick web search suggests there is no word. I think your meaning was clear ... I was just having some fun, since we seem to do that often on this thread. |
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Was this coin minted in the Western Hemisphere?
Yes, this coin minted in the Western Hemisphere. |
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(Quadrant doesn't work, as it pertains to a quarter of a circle, not a sphere).
You could call it an octant |
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is the coin American? I assume by American, you mean the United States of America. No, it is not an "American " coin. |
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OK... Then this is out of my jurisdiction. Bye.
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Minted after 1850?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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OK... Then this is out of my jurisdiction. Bye. One learns faster if one leaves one's comfort zone. |
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I know. I will watch, but I won't waste your guesses
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You could call it an octant I think by analogy to a quadrant, and octant would be 1/8 of a circle, or a 2-D pie wedge of 45 degrees. The northwestern hemisphere is 1/4 of a sphere, and 3-dimensional. All of the angles are 90 degrees. But we digress ... |
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Minted after 1850? Yes, this coin was minted after 1850. |
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OK... Then this is out of my jurisdiction. Bye. Wait a minute James! As Gamemaster, you put forth a gold coin from 1860's France, and now you are telling us my coin is outside your jurisdiction because it isn't from the USA? You are sandbagging, aint ya?  |
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I think by analogy to a quadrant, and octant would be 1/8 of a circle, or a 2-D pie wedge of 45 degrees.
The northwestern hemisphere is 1/4 of a sphere, and 3-dimensional. All of the angles are 90 degrees.
But we digress ...
Here's a lively discussion: https://english.stackexchange.com/q...arter-sphere |
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Minted in the Western Hemisphere.
Not minted in the USA.
Minted after 1850
Minted before 1900
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I understand that I had a French coin, but that was in part to throw you guys off. ;)
I am still here, but I do not know foreign coins very well. Therefore, I will be guessing, but I will also need to do an extensive amount of research. I will be chiming in from time to time, but my specialty is American coins. My grandmother is more of an expert on foreign coins, and she is the one who gave me most of my french coins.
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