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SOUVERAIN [6 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

sovereign: an item in the "Exchange Media" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

souverain : objet de la classe «Support d'échange» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Coining
DEF

A former British gold coin struck with the monarch's effigy and worth one pound. Gold sovereigns were also struck at the Ottawa Mint from 1908 to 1919; they were known as "Canadian" sovereigns, or "Ottawa Mint sovereigns".

OBS

To strike sovereigns, the Ottawa Mint Refinery brought the rough gold up to a purity of at least 99.5% (.995 fine) before alloying it with copper to make .900 fine gold for coinage purposes. The coins were of specimen quality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Monnayage
DEF

Pièce de monnaie britannique en or portant l'effigie du souverain. On frappa également des souverains «canadiens» à la Monnaie d'Ottawa de 1908 à 1919.

OBS

Pour frapper des souverains, l'Affinerie de la Monnaie d'Ottawa amenait l'or brut à un titre d'au moins 995 (,995 ou 995 0/00) afin qu'il put être allié avec le cuivre et ramené à une pureté de 900 (,900 ou 900%) pour la frappe. Les pièces étaient de qualité spécimen.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
OBS

paramount authority

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
OBS

compétence suprême

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

Parliament must be supreme the people are supreme supreme lass supreme court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

le Parlement doit être souverain D. 2/7/52 p. 4371 le peuple est souverain d. 2/7/52 p. 7364 loi de dernier ressort C.H. 1960) cour suprême

Spanish

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