"Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals)

Cool animals I have always loved Owls, My uncle has a barred owl living in an old tree right off the right of way into his property. We hear him all the time, and I have seen him a few times fly in front of my truck when heading home.

 

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Three different animals for the price of one. Four if you count the steer head. Prancing zebras are cool in my book.

Botswana - 50 Thebe, 1984

 

1957 Rhodesia and Nyasaland half penny. These long necks are not Buds.

 

A Howling wolf.

 

Odd how almost every one of those I've seen have that very dark tone. Mine included.

 

Cool animals. Here is my only wolf I can think of. 330-333 Urbs Roma, Romulus and Remus with their mama wolf.

 

How about a winged lion.



Or would you prefer a winged elephant?

 

Transit token. I am guessing this is a swan.

 

Definitely some cool animals there! What can I add? South Africa, 1974 2 cents. Woody. Gnu/wilde beast. Possibly I used and spent this coin, as I was in South Africa for a month or so in 1974-1975.

 

Just posted this on another thread. 1995 Croatia 1 kuna with a nightingale on the obverse and a marten on the reverse.

 

Awesome. What kind of token is it? I did a little bit of a web search on it but came up empty. Now I want one but have a hunch it will be out of reach.

 

Generically, it is a shop token from Baden-Karisruhe. Circa 1918. The reference that the seller had on it was Menzel 12699.2

That's basically everything I know about it. The price probably won't be the problem with purchasing one. Just finding one will. I have seen 2 of them, from the same seller, and bought them both. I had them for a grand total of about a week and mistakenly showed them to a friend that collects stuff with Elephants. He made me a crazy offer for 1 of them. I do still have the one pictured.

 

Some things are just hard to find. I already had the two apothecary weights shown below and was quite happy to win an auction online for one more, a 1/2 drachm. Alas, it got lost in the mail. That was 2 years ago and I have yet to find another one.

 

Sorry, supposed to post 'cool animals'. I love this puma/cougar/mountain lion. 2011 Uruguay 10 pesos.

 

Thanks for the info. Very helpful.

 

1964 Rhodesia 25 cents. If everyone is bored with this theme of 'cool animals', feel free to change it.

 

Here is one more cool animal: 1794 Italy w/ Lion



Let's change the theme to Countermarked coins. I don't remember us doing that before.

1741 Malta

 

I reckon this strawberry picker's token is the only counter marked coin I have. It dates from about the 1920's, and does not mean Confederate States of America. Something like Carthage Strawberry (growers) Association.

 

Spanish 8 Real minted in Mexico countermarked for use in Britain.
"The head of an Ass on the neck of a mule."

 

A few more. I don't actively look for counter marked coins, just happened to find them on coins that I like.

Another from Malta - unknown year


Malta 1643



Japan 1837