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Coin, mark and authentication

moneta; monetam; probationem; Numus; probatio

A coin’s particular proof and mark disclose value, issuing authority, and the place where it is accepted.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

A coin’s particular proof and mark disclose value, issuing authority, and the place where it is accepted. The proverb about a coin being most welcome where struck emphasizes situated recognition. This example supplies a social model of trustworthy signs, but it does not itself establish the reliability of the astral or physiognomic inferences introduced elsewhere in the book.

Places to read

  1. Book 9 · Signature · Passage 6Latin“peculiarem suam probationem ac signum”