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

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by lordmarcovan, Jul 6, 2017.

  1. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    Do these stars count? 1943 Belgian Congo 2 francs 1943 BE-Congo 2 f obv.JPG 1943 BE-Congo 2 f rev.JPG Sun, moon stars
     
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  3. Chris B

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    Fujairah (now UAE) 1969 and 1970 10 Riyals Moons and Stars on both. I just realized how bad these photos are. A project for the weekend.

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  4. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    A rather stylized star, British West Africa 1 penny 1907 BWA 1 p obv.JPG 1907 BWA 1 p rev.JPG
     
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  5. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Cuban star (with a sun on the obverse)

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  6. Chris B

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    German States - Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
    Off metal Silver pattern of KM#31

    Obverse: Duke kneeling before Christ on cross
    Reverse: Crown, eagle in clouds, globe below

    Subject: Death of Christian Ernst
    Ruler: Franz Josias

    Composition: Silver

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  7. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Star, sun, Moon.
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  8. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Another one from Tibet. This time instead of two suns, it has a sun and a moon.

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  9. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1951 Uruguay 5 centesimos 1951 UY 5 c obv.JPG 1951 UY 5 c rev.JPG
     
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  10. Chris B

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    Paraguay 1870 4 Centimos - Star on obverse

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  11. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1951 Uruguay 2 centesimos - big sun burst 1951 UY 2 c obv.JPG 1951 UY 2 c rev.JPG
     
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  12. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Star, moon, Sun..
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    More Sun, Star, moon..
     
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  13. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1965 Bolivia 50 centavos 1965 BO 50 c obv.JPG 1965 BO 50 c rev.JPG
     
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  14. Santinidollar

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    US—Sun on the reverse and stars on the obverse of the St. Gaudens Double Eagle. Continue with sun, moon or stars.
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  15. coin_nut

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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Sun, moon, and stars on the obverse of this Seljuks of Rûm) silver dirham of Kaykhusraw II from AH 638 (1240-1241 AD).

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  17. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Let's go from there to "coins with squiggly lettering".

    (Arabic and other "squiggly" alphabets).

    I believe this ca. 1154-1166 gold Tari of the Norman king William the Bad of Sicily has Kufic inscriptions in addition to the Christian iconography. It's an early multicultural coin!

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  18. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1765 Java VOC 1 rupee. Very squiggly writing 1765 Java 1 r obv.JPG 1765 Java 1 r rev.JPG
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817 AD), Yazd mint

    Lots of nice Arabic calligraphy here.

    PCGS MS62, population 5, none higher.

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  20. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    1902 Iran 5000 dinars. Population probably quite high. Big fat coin! 1902 IR 5000 d obv.JPG 1902 IR 5000 d rev.JPG
     
  21. Chris B

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    India 1935 1/2 Anna

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