These notes, known as Assignation rubles, were based on the copper money then circulating in the country.
There are £1,000,000 notes, known as the "Giant", of which there are 4,000.
One string (or pair or strings) is used to play the melody, while the second plays a continuous note, known as the drone.
In the 1720s, the Government introduced promissory notes, known as ordonances.
I gave a low whistle, three notes known to hoboes throughout the system, and he looked up at me and grinned.
Stocks were destroyed in 1969 and there are no uncancelled examples of this note known to exist in private hands.
The last 25 notes, known as shinplasters due to their small size, were dated 1923.
A specific scale is defined by its characteristic interval pattern and by a special note, known as its first degree (or tonic).
By 1912, money had virtually disappeared from the Wyndham economy, and purchases were paid for using promissory notes known as "shinplasters".
A paper currency had been instituted, and the notes, known as "bluebacks", soon dropped to less than half their nominal value.