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

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    No more monkeys?

    OK, well, the 24-hour-stall rule comes into effect, then. Time to hit the reset button.

    How about ... swords?

    It's as good an excuse as any to post one of my newps.

    France (Duchy of Lorraine): silver "sword" type demi-gros of Antoine the Good, ca. 1508-1544

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    Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, known as "Antoine the Good", was a contemporary of Henry VIII of England, and like that famous and infamous king, he was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. This is his Holbein portrait from 1543.

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    Post your coins with swords on them!

    Extra credit for ladies with swords. It's a theme I like, for some inexplicable reason.
     
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  3. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1644 VOC 1/2 stuiver. I have posted this on another thread. From Wikipedia:

    “In 1644 the VOC instructed a Chinese resident of Batavia named Conjok to mint copper coinage in denominations of a half and quarter stuiver to address the shortage of low denomination money. The VOC administrators in the Netherlands ordered this minting to cease after only five weeks, so not many coins were minted.”

    *Note that these coins were cast, not minted.

    1644 VOC 1-2 s obv.JPG 1644 VOC 1-2 s rev.JPG
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I have never seen one of those.
     
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  5. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    It is probably the rarest coin I own. I just hope it is real, ya know?
     
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Authenticating cast coinage must be a real beast in terms of difficulty. Would be for me, anyway.
     
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    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

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  9. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1749 Holland X stuivers, lion wielding a sword on reverse. 1749 H X s obv.JPG 1749 H X s rev.JPG
     
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  10. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    This just arrived today. Sword on reverse here too.

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  11. Stork

    Stork I deliver Supporter

    A sword you say...always looking for an excuse to post this dude. 1920 combo.jpg
     
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  12. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1935 GB "Rocking Horse" crown - big ole sword! 1935 GB crown obv.JPG 1935 GB crown rev.JPG
     
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  13. Steve66

    Steve66 Coin People

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  14. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1972 Saudi Arabia 10 halalat 1972 SA 10 h obv.JPG 1972 SA 10 h rev.JPG
     
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  15. Guilder Pincher

    Guilder Pincher Well-Known Member

    Another Dutch sword wielding feline, on a 2.5 cent coin or half stuiver from 1915. The planchets were pre-blackened at the time, apparently to prevent them from being mixed in with gold 10 guilder coins. In my opinion the obverse is still one of the nicest designs on Dutch coinage. 2.5C152.jpg 2.5C15.jpg
     
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  16. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1877 Nederland 2 1/2 cent. I love these Nederlands coins too, and have quite a few of them. 1877 NL 2 1-2 c obv.JPG 1877 NL 2 1-2 c rev.JPG
     
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  17. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    sword...
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    cont...
     
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  18. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1913 Germany-Prussia 3 mark. Looks like a sword blade poking up behind the rider there. 1913 DE-Prussia 3 m obv.JPG 1913 DE-Prussia 3 m rev.JPG
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    That one is probably a full thaler, while mine is a smaller denomination (quarter-thaler). The thalers had dates while the quarter-thalers like mine did not. I'm not sure why that is. The quarter-thalers were still big coins, so it's not like it was a lack of space.
     
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  20. Milesofwho

    Milesofwho Omnivorous collector

    Apparently there are quarter-thalers that have dates (1612 and 1614). Maybe the engravers just felt lazy that year.
     
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  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Just one of those idiosyncrasies, I suppose. Seems like putting dates on coin dies didn't fully catch on until the latter portion of the 17th century, and even into the 18th century some authorities were still issuing undated coins.
     
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