CornNew collectors from the U.S. are often surprised to see ancient Greek and Roman coin descriptions that indicate corn is depicted. Yes, "corn" as it is used in American English is a New World crop and can't be depicted on ancient coins. However, in most of the world, what is called corn in the U.S. is called maize. Outside the U.S., corn is a more generic term for grain. At Forum Ancient Coins we try to use grain instead of corn (mostly to save us the trouble of answering email explaining to us that our description must be wrong). | CornNew collectors from the U.S. are often surprised to see ancient Greek and Roman coin descriptions that indicate corn is depicted. Yes, "corn" as it is used in American English is a New World crop and can't be depicted on ancient coins. However, in most of the world, what is called corn in the U.S. is called maize. Outside the U.S., corn is a more generic term for grain. At Forum Ancient Coins we try to use grain instead of corn (mostly to save us the trouble of answering email explaining to us that our description must be wrong). |