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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2316965, member: 39&quot;]The city of Bern(e) in Switzerland was already mentioned; in mid-December a Swiss newspaper had <a href="http://www.derbund.ch/wirtschaft/geld/der-berner-baer-war-von-anfang-an-dabei/story/28596837" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.derbund.ch/wirtschaft/geld/der-berner-baer-war-von-anfang-an-dabei/story/28596837" rel="nofollow">this article</a> about the bear on the city&#039;s coins. The story comes with a few images too; click on the blue &quot;(8 Bilder)&quot; link. The pieces are part of an exhibition at a bank in Berne, until the end of February.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another &quot;CoA bear&quot; can be found on the coinage from Anhalt-Bernburg. The bear walking on a castle wall is a nice example of armes parlantes or canting arms: Bear = Bern, castle = Burg. Image link:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://st.coinshome.net/fs/YFgKb0OMdoYAAAFFunnsTXIW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The origin of city names such as Bern, Berlin or Bernburg is not exactly known. In popular etymology, however, they must have something to do with bears. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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