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

I found a UK 20 pence in a roll of nickels and a 5 pence in a penny roll so I now have a full lion.

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1907 Nederland 1 gulden. A little girl queen with a lion on the reverse.

 

Three more lions and a cow. Guernsey cow. On a coin from...Guernsey.

 

Here's another one. A new arrival. Not exactly a "big" cat.




Seems to have more of a Bill the cat vibe going on...

 

1947 Jersey 1/12 shilling

 

I think that's a cat in the shield

 

Considered a big cat.

Cont...

 

Another big cat.

1751 Austrian Netherlands

There are actually multiple cats on both sides.

 

1978 Israel 5 lirot

 

India? Sassanian? Here is a 1995 Finland 1 markka, lion with a sword. Uh, make that 2 swords.

 

My rarest cat, a Dutch 1840 2.5 guilder coin of king Willem I, a single year type with a mintage of 44,376. Most were struck after the abdication of Willem I until the new obverse die with the portrait of Willem II became available in 1842. Many of the 1840 coins show pretty heavy traces of rust and repolishing, looks like no-one bothered to make new working dies for an obsolete type struck in small numbers.

 

That should read 1841. Wouldn't want to spread disinformation

 

1870 Nederland 2 1/2 gulden. Love those big old silver coins!

 

A big mythical Chinze lion

 

Uh, looks like Myanmar to me...

 

A lion from Tibet

 

1963 Sri Lanka 50 cents with their version of a lion

 

This lion isn't really as old as it looks like it is.



INDIA, ELICHPUR (HYDERABAD FEUDATORY): Copper paisa. Mid 19th century.

O: Lion left, R: legend. 18 mm, 11.1 g.