Silver dollar is a common name given to a number of species of Metynnis, a tropical fish belonging to the Characidae family which is closely related to piranha and pacu.
a dollar made of silver
honesty: southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
Equivalent in value to the sum or item specified
Sufficiently good, important, or interesting to justify a specified action; deserving to be treated or regarded in the way specified
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
Used to suggest that the specified course of action may be advisable
the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
deserving: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
1889 Belguim Band
Musicans Name List" Heres how it reads( as best as I can decipher) Van Links naur regts gauche a droite jere range'i Mr Eugine Roilers President, Krommel Alph se Creus, Krommel Alph Coninck, Gges Willems Brayton, Korape Charles Balleyn, caisse Ed Roye Timballes, Elie Cossey Alto, ?? Bergoff, Fl. Dewancker Bugle, Chef Rene' Debergh s Solo, Achilles Berat Piston Solo, Sau chef Justin Depeuydt for Piston, Mr Le'on Vanderbeke ? Pre's.- // van Links naar regts 2de Reeks:( looks like last name then first) Parrein, Theop,Homven Jules., Jules Marrant, F(?) V(?)Allaeys Alph 2nd Piston, Camerlynck Louis Saxaphone, F(?) V(?)erscaeve Augst Tuba Solo, -//Idem 3rd Reeks F(?)V(?)ankemmel Crylle 2nd Piston, Mavant Jules Ist Bugle, F(?)V(?)antours Eugene Tuba solo, Roye Medard Baryton at the bottom of the list in big letters its says ** "t Klein Muzickije Van den Cavalcade Stoet Van 't jaur 1889 Al independendente en gewren musikanten der stads in (?)anmaerris muziek** . This lot was obtained by DeadFred from Lulu from Belgium.
1889
Date of birth: March 31, 1889 (hoisting the flag to the top),
built for the Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution.
Age: 117 years
Contractor: Gustave Eiffel & Cie
Engineers: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier
Architect: Stephen Sauvestre
Studies: Begun in 1884
Construction: January 15,1887 (my son's birthday...! ~different year . . . .)
to 1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days)
Composition: 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets
Weight of the metal structure: 7,300 tons
Total weight: 10,100 tons
Height: 324m (height with flagpole)
Coordinates :
Latitude : 48? 51' 32" North
Longitude : 002? 17' 45" East
Numbers of visitors up to December 31, 2006:
229.623.812
Distinctive feature: recognizable throughout the entire world
Number of steps: 1665
Owner: City of Paris