The word Liberty is a motto which is the portion of the inscription that has special meaning to the people the coin was made for. The motto is often an inspirational message or an emotionally stirring phrase. The mottos on current U.S. coins are Liberty, In God We Trust, and E Pluribus Unum("out of many, one").
GodCorrectionContrary to popular misconceptions, the phrase In God We Trust didn't appear on any US coin until 1864 when it was put on 2¢ pieces minted during the Civil War. In fact, it didn't permanently appear on nickels until 1938. A review of coin designs at CoinFacts.com shows that the only words to appear on all denominations of US coins are the country's name, United States of America (or variations). Even the word Liberty didn't appear on all coins, especially when they carried an image of Miss Liberty. Examples of coins without the word include early nickels, dimes up till 1916, and modern Presidential dollars.
The picture of Miss Liberty on the coin is similar to the image used on the Statue of Liberty but the coins were first issued 8 years before the Statue of Liberty was put up - 1878 vs. 1886. They're normally called Morgan dollars after their designer, George T. Morgan. There's more information at the Related Question.
It depends on the coin to determine who the model was. For example, the Peace Dollar had Liberty modeled after the designer's wife Teresa de Francisci. But the Morgan dollar was modeled after Anna Willess Williams. "Liberty" never meant a real person, but rather a personification of the ideal of Liberty, a bit like the gods and goddesses of ancient Roman and Greek coinage. The US didn't want to be like the European countries and put people on their coinage, instead they wanted to put ideals on them. Rather than be lead by a king or a long-dead hero, they wanted to be lead by the ideal of Liberty.
This coin with the "V" is normally called the "v" nickel, the coin is a five cent piece. The coins DO have a value on them - they have the word CENTS, and "V" is the Roman numeral for 5 - remember them? Without knowing the coins' exact dates it's not easy to put a value on them. To give a ballpark figure as of 02/2009, 1900-vintage Liberty nickels retail for about $3-4 in worn condition, $5-6 if moderately worn, $12-14 if only slightly worn.
It doesn't sound like a genuine US coin. There were no silver dollars struck from 1905 to 1920 inclusive, and no gold $1 commemorative coins were struck in 1913.Please put any additional information you might have about this coin in the Discussion Area.
A word to put in front of 'on' to make a new word is up (upon).
put one in front of the other!
The word "next" can be put in front of "step" to form the phrase "next step."
Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea, both on small $1 coins. Older coins depicted various designs of Lady Liberty, who wasn't a real person.
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The prefix that can be put in front of "care" is "dis-" to form the word "discare."
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Sometimes, while writing, I put commas in front of the word 'while'.
When you put a word in front of a quote, it is called an attribution. This is used to indicate who is speaking or to provide context for the quote.
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The prefix "un-" can be put in front of the word "describe" to create the word "undescribe."