Broad On

Broad On (Ѻ ѻ; italics: Ѻ ѻ) is a positional and orthographical variant of the Cyrillic letter O (О о) (here "on" (онъ, onŭ) is a traditional name of Cyrillic letter О; these names are still in use in the Church Slavonic alphabet).

Broad On is used only in the Church Slavonic language. In its alphabet (in primers and grammar books), broad and regular shapes of О/о share the same position. Uppercase is typically represented by broad Ѻ, and lowercase is either regular о or dual: both broad ѻ and regular о (in the same way as Greek uppercase Σ is accompanied with two lowercases σ, ς). Phonetically, broad Ѻ/ѻ is the same as regular О/о.

In standard Church Slavonic orthography (since the middle of the 17th century until present time), the broad shape of letter On is used instead of the regular shape of the same letter in the following cases:

Broad

Broad or Broads may refer to:

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Broad (Surrey cricketer)

Broad (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Addington and Surrey during the 1740s.

Career

Broad is mentioned in reports from 1745 to 1750. The first was his appearance for Long Robin's XI v R Newland's XI at the Artillery Ground on Wednesday, 26 June 1745, his team winning by over 70 runs.

He is known to have played in two matches in 1747. On Thursday, 9 July, he was a member of W Hodsoll's XI versus Long Robin's XI and on Monday, 31 August, he was in the All-England team that played Kent. The last known mention of Broad is in the Kent v Surrey match at Dartford Brent on Friday, 6 July 1750.

As Broad had established his reputation by 1745, he must have been active for some years previously. His career possibly began in the 1730s and continued into the 1750s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.

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Broad (English gold coin)

The Broad was a British coin worth 20 shillings (20/-) issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. It was a milled gold coin weighing 9.0–9.1 grams, with a diameter of 29 or 30 millimetres, designed by Thomas Simon (also called Symonds).

The obverse of the coin depicts the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell as a laureated Roman emperor, with the inscription OLIVAR D G R P ANG SCO HIB &c PRO — Oliver, by the Grace of God, of the Republic of England, Scotland, Ireland etc., Protector, while the reverse shows a crowned shield depicting the arms of the Commonwealth with the inscription PAX QVAERITVR BELLO 1656 -- Peace is sought through war.

The current value of the coin in "very fine" to "extremely fine" condition is £3,500 to £6,000 as the pieces are very rare, but normally fairly unworn, although a Mr Pinkerton, writing at the time that the coins circulated, noted that many of the coins in circulation were so worn as to be almost flat.

A piedfort version of the coin with an edge inscription is known as a Fifty shilling piece. This is extremely rare, and there are very few examples as it is probably a pattern.