A Horse of Course! Post a Coin With a Horse!

Nice horses, everyone!
Lance.

 

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Last year Ireland released this €15 silver Piedfort Proof of a mare and colt

 

It's always a happy surprise when I purchase a coin and the previous owner paid to have it imaged by PCGS. This is one of my newest acquisitions from a dealer in Greece. It's a beauty!

 

You have a nice herd there Ken. I especially like the Stone Mountain, but the others are nice too.

Bruce

 

This one is in really nice condition.

 

Both of these came today! It was a good "horse" day!

 

Good "Horse Day" indeed BRG.........

 

I can't let this thread "die".

This one came today. It is VERY small...but quite beautiful. I like the prominent flow lines.

 

I don't have any.

 

Nice piece! It is part of a series, by the way, that was inspired by earlier Irish coins. (This year they did the salmon, next year comes the hound.) We could also include two pieces from Slovenia; the first one is a 10 tolarjev coin from the pre-euro years, the second one is the current 20 cent coin. That latter piece explicitly refers to Lipica horses; Lipica is a famous horse farm/school close to the Italian border.



Such a "Lipizzaner" can also be found on the Austrian 5 schilling coins issued in 1960~2000. The Hofreitschule (Spanish Riding School) in Vienna uses Lipizzaner horses, mostly from a stud farm in Piber, Austria.



Christian

 

Kriegsnotgeld

I assume that this is war money from Hanover. I made this assumption based upon the horse device found on many Hanover coins in my 1800 to 1900 Catalog. If anyone knows more about this piece, I would certainly like to hear from you.

 

It is "Kriegsnotgeld" or "Emergency Wartime Money" from the Duchy of Brunswick. See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick

 

Two of my recent horse additions.

 

Familiar with "Hobson's Choice"?

Here's a Conder token that's a tribute to Thomas Hobson, the Cambridge carrier.

 

Brandon,

I think you need to upgrade your Hampshire Petersfield.

 

I know that coin and that thread.

The Equestrian Thread

 

Is yours for sale? I don't like the pool of crud in the lower right of yours though.

-Brandon

 

I got this one in January. 1/2 crown = 2 shillings + 6 Pence.

 

This is one of my favorite Conder tokens.http://