A nicknames of politicians

Margaret Thatcher-Iron Lady

 

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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, AR Denar
840-877 AD
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 1.56 grams
Obverse: Without mint signature (Orléans). + CΛRLVS REX FR, cross pattée with pellet in each quarter
Reverse: XPISTIΛNΛ RELIGIO, temple

=> Charles "The Bald"

 

I don't think I've ever seen a Margaret Thatcher coin. If I had a Nixon coin to post one nickname would be "Tricky Dick".

 

Elagabalus => aka, "The Weirdest Dude on the Planet"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ESsouohLg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gvcnQtY5YI

 

Queen Elizabeth-Mum

 

Pobjoy issued a commen last year.

 

And where is a coin with her portrait?

 

Joseph Stalin. The great Soviet ruler at 1924-1953. His nickname was Uncle Joe.

 

Sorry, I don't own one.

https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...x3JNeA&usg=AFQjCNFt7w-TDR_8axBsqdtqqS3fnES9dQ

 

Would not agree with the term "great" here. Then again, in some countries WW1 is called a "Great" War, so maybe we should not be harsh here.

Two "founding fathers" of this country, the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer (on the left) was the first chancellor - head of government - and was 73 when he first became chancellor. He resigned at the age of 87, so a common nickname was "Der Alte" - The Old One. On the right you see Theodor Heuss who was, from 1949 to 1959, the first president. Many referred to him as "Papa Heuss" ...

Christian

 

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924). Great leader of the Socialist Movement and ruler of the USSR at 1917-1924. His nickname was "the Old Man".

 

South Korean president, Syngman Rhee. "The Princetonian" was the nickname that the first U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, John J. Muccio, gave to Rhee. (Not so sure it was a term of endearment)

Rhee got his Ph.D from Princeton (hence the nickname) and lived on and off in the USA for 40 years before returning to Korea aboard General MacArthur's personal airplane in 1945, becoming president of the Republic of Korea in late 1948.

 

What does the 60 stand for?

 

60 years since the Russian revolution I believe, if the coin is from 1987.

 

That would be 1977. I don't see a date on it. Maybe there's something on the edge? It's pretty cool how they got the color contrast with the wheat and rays on the reverse.

 

The coin is from 1982, and it commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union (USSR). Russia kept the name that it got in 1917 (RSFSR) when it was one of the founding members of the USSR in late 1922.

Not sure whether the piece is dated. Some Soviet Union commems have a date on the edge, such as the October Revolution ruble from 1967, but I don't know about (and do not have) this one.

Christian

 

Two nicknames for one person-

Antiochus VII, nicknamed "Sidetes" (from Side) provided respectful treatment of the Jews which earned him long term gratitude and added nickname Euergetes “The Benefactor”.

 

The South African "Krugerrand" gold coin features Paul Kruger. (Most of you will know the design; Wikimedia has an image here.) He was often called "Oom Paul" or "Oom Kruger"; the Afrikaans word "oom" means "uncle".

Christian

 

Three more coins, three more politicians. The French €10 collector coin issued in 2012 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Eurocorps; it shows the French president François Mitterrand and the German chancellor Helmut Kohl in Verdun (1984). Mitterrand was sometimes called "Tonton" which also means "Uncle"; Kohl was (less respectfully) called "Birne" which means "Pear", due to the shape of his head. Image: Monnaie de Paris.



The other "couple": President Charles de Gaulle and chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Two coins issued last year to commemorate the Elysée Treaty; the French and the German €2 piece have basically the same design. Well, Adenauer we already had before; de Gaulle was sometimes (especially in his younger years) called "la grande asperge" - "the great asparagus" due to his height.



Christian