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

Two heads. Continue with same theme.

(I'm sure I've posted this one before, but oh well.)

Hope I can get it in a straight-graded holder at NGC soon, but that might not happen. PCGS is probably right about the mount removal. Oh well. Regardless of the plastic grade, I just love this coin, its design, and the toning.

Belgium (Brabant): gold florin (Carolus d’or) of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, ca. 1521-1545

(PCGS Genuine; VF details, "mount removed", en route to NGC soon, as of December, 2017)

 

Another double-headed eagle.



Now let's switch to coins showing a globus cruciger. That's the little orb with the cross on top of it, seen in the talon of the eagle on the right side of the Russian coin here, and also being held by the emperor Charles V in the gold coin I posted above.

That sounds pretty obscure for a theme, but there are quite a few shown on coins.

I never knew it was called a "globus cruciger" until I bought that Brabant florin. I always just called it an "orb".

If you don't have a globus cruciger, you may just post a plain old globe, but let's try for some with the cross on top of them.

 

I switched the theme to globus cruciger in Post #1807.

I know somebody's got some.

 

That's a nice looking medal, though.

 

I just wanted to use "globus cruciger" in a sentence. This is probably the only chance I'll get.

 

That thing on top of those crowns is close, I reckon.