Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A space on the reverse of a coin or medal, usually below the central design and often giving the date and place of engraving.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In numismatics, that part of the reverse of a coin or medal which is below the main device (“type”), and distinctly separated from it, generally by a line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Numis.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun numismatics A space beneath the main design on a
coin for the insertion of thedate .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. 75. 33. exergues: the exergue is a term in numismatics to signify the space under the principal figure on the reverse of a coin, usually containing the date or place of coining.
Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill
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Toward the edge of the field are disposed the titles of his various works, as though radiating from the head, and in the exergue is his signature, framed by a half-garland over which extends a mace.
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Just enough of the exergue beneath the E C in FIVE CENTS to confirm that no mintmark is present.
Unusual Items: 1913 Buffalo Nickel Struck on a Dime Planchet : Coin Collecting News 2010
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Squeezed in at the lower left were the British Isles, and in the exergue beyond was the inscription she had been cleaning.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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Squeezed in at the lower left were the British Isles, and in the exergue beyond was the inscription she had been cleaning.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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Round her is inscribed NIL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQUERE: and on the exergue, AUSPICIIS GEORGII III.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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Round her is inscribed NIL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQUERE: and on the exergue, AUSPICIIS GEORGII III.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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The one antiquated, rude, corroded, and begrimed in its long conflict with time, and the other bright and vivid, its field and exergue unmarred, its emblems and legends clear and sharp.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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A description of the medal, beginning with the obverse: 1st, the whole legend; 2d, the description of the emblems and devices; 3d, the legend of the exergue; 4th, the names of the designer and of the engraver.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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The legend of the exergue of this medal, as originally proposed by the
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
reesetee commented on the word exergue
A space on a coin, usually on the reverse below the central part of the design; frequently the location where the date is shown. (Thank you, frindley.)
April 18, 2008
sionnach commented on the word exergue
Circled in David Foster Wallace's dictionary:
DFW
March 13, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word exergue
place for date??
March 22, 2012