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Rainmaker
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Many of them went down with the Spanish fleets. A lot of Gold Quoins were lost.

Jun 27, 2016 12:10 PM
Rainmaker
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

A Quoins is an external angle of a wall or building. 

Jun 27, 2016 09:43 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671
quoin
k(w)oin/
noun
plural noun: quoins
  1. 1.
    an external angle of a wall or building.
    • any of the stones or bricks forming an external angle of a wall or building; a cornerstone.
      noun: quoin stone; plural noun: quoin stones
  2. 2.
    Printing
    a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress form into a chase.
  3. 3.
    a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling.
verb
3rd person present: quoins
  1. 1.
    provide (a wall) with quoins or corners.
  2. 2.
    Printing
    lock up (a form) with a quoin.
Jun 27, 2016 06:08 AM
Rainmaker
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Not a word used often in Florida, but more so in Chicago!

Jun 28, 2016 12:06 AM
Rainmaker
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

It appears that Bob Crane has done the research.

Jun 27, 2016 10:12 PM
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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Quoins were quite popular in new construction here as exterior decoration a few years ago.  Except no one called them that, they would call them end caps or something like that. 

Jun 27, 2016 09:06 PM
Rainmaker
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Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Projections in masonry, usually on the corners. Quoin corners. Width and height can vary, but it's common to see 2.5- 3 brick wide, and 5-6 courses high projected out about 3/4", then 1-2 course are set back flush with face of wall. Repeats itself.

Jun 27, 2016 08:33 PM
Rainmaker
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Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

External angle of a structure.

Jun 27, 2016 06:28 PM
Rainmaker
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Some thing other than putting onions on the front of a building/

Jun 27, 2016 04:35 PM
Rainmaker
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I know this one too and had brick quoins on the front corners of our last house. We didn't have room for them on out current house because of window and door placements so we opted for brick columns.

Jun 27, 2016 01:10 PM
Rainmaker
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Nicholas Crane
Woodland Companies - Cadott, WI
Managing & Appraising Forest Land

it is the corner stones.   I guess architecture 101 was not a complete filler course

Jun 27, 2016 08:54 AM
Rainmaker
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I knew this one and I wish I had a house with the majesty to justify quoins. I love the new category. Good for you!

Jun 27, 2016 07:46 AM
Rainmaker
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Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I appreciate the questions as I am learning something... not contributing though!

Jun 27, 2016 06:28 AM
Rainmaker
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

opposing stonework on the ends of the building, caps of limestone

Jun 27, 2016 05:54 AM
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Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

I hadn't the foggiest notion of what these are. I had to look them up because I like saying the term way too much.

Jun 27, 2016 05:45 AM
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Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

 I'm puzzled by all of the architectural questions . . .  are you studying for a course?

Jun 27, 2016 05:43 AM
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Kartik Subramaniam
Adhi Schools, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Market Analysis--Educational Content, Adhi Schools

Quoins are the blocks sometimes used on the corner of buildings for multiple purposes. Sometimes they are used for actual reinforcement, other times they serve an aesthetic purpose. Here is an example in Rome. 

Jun 27, 2016 05:36 AM
Rainmaker
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Aren't these rather dictionary questions or is this your way of educating us?

Jun 27, 2016 11:51 PM
Rainmaker
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Quoins: These cornerstones are both decorative and structural, since they usually differ in jointing, color, texture, or size from the masonry of the adjoining walls.

Jun 27, 2016 10:24 PM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No idea.

Jun 27, 2016 10:06 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Oh pooh - I was on a roll there for a while  :(

Jun 27, 2016 10:01 PM
Rainmaker
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

Lots of great questions you are asking.

Jun 27, 2016 01:37 PM
Rainmaker
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Just thinking . . . 

Thinking

Jun 27, 2016 01:02 PM
Rainmaker
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

Where are you finding all of these terms? I haven't heard of many of them. 

Jun 27, 2016 11:23 AM