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1795 Turban Head eagle with original reverse
1797 Turban Head eagle with heraldic eagle reverse

The Turban Head eagle was a ten-dollar gold piece, or eagle, struck by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1804. The piece was designed by Robert Scot, and was the first in the eagle series, which continued until the Mint ceased striking gold coins for circulation in 1933. The common name is a misnomer; Liberty does not wear a turban but a cap, believed by some to be a pileus or Liberty cap: her hair twisting around the headgear makes it appear to be a turban. The number of stars on the obverse was initially intended to be equal to the number of states in the Union, but with the number at 16, that idea was abandoned in favor of using 13 stars in honor of the original states. The initial reverse, featuring an eagle with a wreath in its mouth, proved unpopular and was replaced by a heraldic eagle. Increases in the price of gold made it profitable for the coins to be melted down, and in 1804, President Thomas Jefferson ended coinage of eagles; the denomination was not struck again for circulation for more than 30 years. These Turban Head eagles are in the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.Coin design credit: United States Mint; photographed by Jaclyn Nash

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Will Wikipedia ever be what it is going to be?
Are Wikipedians divided into "exoteric", which are under review, and "esoteric", which have performed well enough to be admitted into the "inner" circle?

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My IP is Telkom South Africa's SAIX.

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Portals

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Portals may include features such as Selected article sections, Selected image, news, points of interest (Did you know?, Anniversaries), and links to related Wikimedia. Portals are more diverse than the Main page, and may include features such as panoramic banners, slide shows, category trees, topics lists, and whatever else portal designers can come up with.

A secondary purpose of portals is to provide bridges between reading and editing, and between the encyclopedia and the Wikipedia community. They may provide links to the related WikiProjects, Wikipedia's Reference desk, and so on. Portals are a hybrid between encyclopedia pages and project pages, and occupy their own special namespace, the Portal namespace. Therefore, all portal titles are preceded by the prefix "Portal:"

The list of all completed portals is Portal:Contents/Portals. A list of all portals, including those under construction, can be found at Category:All portals. The Portals WikiProject is dedicated to collaboratively building and maintaining portals, and further expanding on the Portal concept, such as with automated features, and is always looking for new participants.

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Nautical chart

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Greenwich is located at 51°28′38″S 00°00′00″E / 51.47722°S 0.00000°E / -51.47722; 0.00000, a latitude and longitude of 51° 28' 38" N and 0º 0' 0" E/W (by definition).
Cape Point is located at 34°21′26″S 18°29′51″E / 34.35722°S 18.49750°E / -34.35722; 18.49750, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the south-west corner.
Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point in the continent of Africa. It is located at 34°49′43.39″S 20°00′09.15″E / 34.8287194°S 20.0025417°E / -34.8287194; 20.0025417, in a rural area 170 kilometres (105 mi) south-east of Cape Town. Google satellite map
Namibia border 27°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 27.00000°S 20.00000°E / -27.00000; 20.00000, 28°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 28.00000°S 20.00000°E / -28.00000; 20.00000 and 29°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 29.00000°S 20.00000°E / -29.00000; 20.00000

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates

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The Earth

Diameter:

Equatorial 12,756.270 km
Polar 12,713.500 km
Mean 12,745.591 km

Circumference:

Equatorial 40,075.004 km
Meridional 40,007.849 km
Mean 40,041.455 km

Python

Python programming language

Popups

Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups
Implemented by User:Gregorydavid on 22 March 2006
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Referencing

Unencyclopedia

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Railways

East Coast Main Line

Legend

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