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

Just the one cross. I'm looking for more.

 

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1985 Portugal 100 escudos

 

527-565 Justinian AE follis, Nicomedia

 

1596 Portuguese India AE 1/2 atiya. 4.11 gram and 14 mm D. Really not sure on this one.

 

My medieval collection is lacking so I don't have as many cross coins as I thought now that I'm flipping through it.

Kingdom of France
King Philip IV
1285-1314 CE
BI Double Tournois | 0.75g 19mm​

 

1799 Portuguese India AE atiya. Mara I, Diu mint

 

Portuguese India
Malacca Mint (present-day Malaysia)
Issued under Philip I-III
1580-1641 CE
Tin 1/2 Bazaruco | 0.64 grams​

 

Cyprus - Crusaders - Peter II Denier, 1369-1382

 

Cross at the top of the reverse crown here.


Duchy of Piacenza
Francesco I
1694-1727 CE
BI 10 Soldi | 3.80g 23mm
KM#28​

 

France Philippe VI - Gros Tournois, ND (1329)

 

1887 GB double florin. I see 2 crosses on obverse and 5 (or7?) on reverse

 

These UK pieces definitely have a lot of crosses, I see four on mine here.

United Kingdom
Scottish Crest
1 Shilling
1947​

 

1983 Portugal 1000 escudos, lots of crosses

 

Peru
1965
1 Sol de Oro
400th Anniversary of the Foundation of La Casa de Moneda
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Hungary - 100 Forint, 1996

 

Ethiopia
1944 CE | 1936
10 Santeem

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How about a theme shift to non-Latin characters? With an emphasis on odd scripts, alphabets, etc

 

Here is my Budju from Algeria ca 1823. To my eyes that is as odd as it gets. Of course, anyone who grew up reading it probably feels that way about English.

 

Assam - Half Rupee