Show your coins depicting "Saints"

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  1. tibor

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    St. John the Baptist
     
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  3. panzerman

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    First known portrait of Jesus on coinage
    Regnum Visigthorum
    Baeitica
    AV Tremissis ND Cordoba Mint
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  4. robp

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    Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042-1066), canonised in 1161. Pointed helmet penny of Langport in Somerset.
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  5. PaulTudor

    PaulTudor Well-Known Member

    1527 Dukat Salzburg, Saint Rupert. Won it yesterday, but i'll probably sell it to cover an unexpected winning bid on a transylvanian taler from last night's New York Sale!

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  6. johnmilton

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    Opps! @robp beat me to it, but Edward the Confessor (1042 to 1066) is the only English king or queen who has been made a saint. He got his name from his great piety. He began the work on the first Westminster Abby although the building we see today was started by Henry III (1216 to 1272).

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    Modern view of Westminster Abby.

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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    At one point I had a Roman bronze of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, who became Saint Helena, but I no longer have pictures of it. It was an OK example but not particularly impressive.

    Here are some other saints, from my past and present collections.

    Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438
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    (St. Blasius is the guy who looks like Tommy Chong or a hippie there, flashing the peace sign. Everybody knows who the figure on the other side is.)


    Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400
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    (One of those figures on the obverse is the Doge Antonio Venier himself, I suspect- the fella with the hat on the left, perhaps? But who's the one with the halo there, on the right? Could be a saint, but I confess I don't know. Obviously, we have Christ on the other side, once again.)


    France (Metz, Free Imperial City): silver gros, civic issue, ca. 1400s-1552
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    (Saint Stephen, beneath a manus dei- the long-fingered hand of God.)

    Another of the same type:

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    Switzerland (Basel): gold guilder (goldgulden) of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1452-1478
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    (Isn't the Virgin Mary the most venerated saint of them all? I have had a bunch of little Hungarian denars with her on there as well.)


    Papal States: silver testone of Pope Paul IV, ca. 1555-1559
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    (Saint Peter here, holding the key to the Pearly Gates of Heaven. It's a pretty big key.)


    Austria (Salzburg) silver 3-kreuzer, 1681; Saint Rupert in bishop's miter with crozier
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    (Saint Rupert appears on a lot of Salzburg's coinage, as you know.)


    Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Dr. Jacob Terner collection
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    (Saint George and the dragon is a common motif on British and Russian coins. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on some coins of Georgia as well- the country, that is, not the US state.)

    OK, the Buddha isn't a Christian saint, but he's no less important as a religious figure. In fact, if one considers Him to be a prophet of God, I reckon he outranks mere saints.

    Nepal: gold proof Asarfi of Gyanendra Shah (1/20th-ounce), Lord Buddha commemorative, VS2052 (1995)
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  8. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    St Helena :

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  9. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    France : Jean II le bon (the good), featuring St Jean (John) on reverse

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  10. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Civil war Store card.
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  11. BRandM

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  12. Seattlite86

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    St Peter
    Trier, 1708, 3 Petermenger
    Fun thread! :)

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  13. tibor

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    St.Kilian Should read I-355
     
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  14. tibor

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    Madonna and Christ Child.
     
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  15. tibor

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    St.Phillip. Should read II-144
     
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  16. tibor

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    Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
    Should read I-A333 This is an R-6, 1 or 2 collectible.
     
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    Madonna and Christ Child.
     
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  18. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    St Paul
    1608 Munster, 3 Schilling

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    Wow, that is an awesome design!
    Very cool 1400s coins! I just got Levinson's book for Christmas. If you have any recommendations on bargain early date German coins, please let me know!
    I love that upper Metz coin!
     
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  19. tibor

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    @Seattlite86 Glad you like the coins. Bargains is a relative term when
    it comes to dated 1400's coins. The spitzgroschens of Saxony can be
    found for under $100. These are dated in the 1470's. Others like the
    Kortlings can be purchased for similair prices. On the MA-Shops web
    site you can find dozens of other coins at varying prices. This segment
    of our hobby while interesting and fun does not come cheap.
     
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  20. wcg

    wcg Well-Known Member

    There are some awesome coins in this thread.

    One more featuring St Peter on the reverse (Osnabruck) 1715-osnabruck-obv-600dpi-both.jpg
     
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