Thanks to @lordmarcovan for piquing my interest and for making me pull out my old World Coin collection. I don't have many photographed but here's a sample. Italy 1927 R Silver Coin - 5 Lire Vittorio Emanuele III .8350 Silver, .1334 oz ASW. German States. Hesse-Cassel. Wilhelm I. 1785-1821. Billon groschen (1/24 thaler) 1819. Obv: Crowned Lion. Rev: 24 EINEN THALER 1819. 1864 Belgium 10 Centimes Leopold I George III, Farthing, 1775. Contemporary counterfeit. Obv: laureate and cuirassed bust right, georgivs. iii.rex., toothed border both sides. Rev: Britannia seated left on globe, with shield, spear and spray of leaves, britan nia., date in exergue. Swiss Canton BERN 1/2 Batzen. 1788. Obv: Arms of Bern within circle BERNENSIS MONETA REIPUBLICÆ Rev: Floreated cross with leaves in angles within circle DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT Please post a coin (or many) from your collection. I would love to see them.
The bear on your Bern 1/2 batzen is happy that you rotated the obverse a bit in that photo. He gets to walk on level ground for a change! Usually when that coat of arms is upright, he has to climb rather steeply uphill! See how exhausted he looks, with his tongue hanging out? Handsome Italian coin. Cool contemporary counterfeit farthing. Interesting toning on the Hessian coin, and I've always liked those 1860s Belgian 10c pieces with the lion. The checkered background on those looks really nice. Those are common enough that I've found quite a few in bulk lots over the years, but I've never stopped liking them.
Nice bears @Hiddendragon and @Muzyck! I do seem to have an animal theme going on. Lions, Eagles and Bears, Oh My!
Animal coins have been my main collecting focus for the past six months or so. Here are some random coins I like.
My favorite animal coin. Perhaps my favorite coin in general... On the fence about giving this one an acetone bath, but I like the big guy so much I would not want to take a chance on causing any harm. He has been in my hands for many years now.
