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

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Russia 1913 , 300 years of Romanov rule

 

That is an amazing story, lordmarcovan, wow. Thanks for posting that one. I do not think I personally have any "death and mourning" coins, wait, I do.......

 

edited to add: This was an oops post before I saw the them had changed to death/mourning. The first two at least are life/death dated commems. the third one is perhaps ironically so as the country in 1968 is now separated.

 

I think this one commemorates the life of their national leader, whatever his name was...

 

UK £2 coins fulfil the bill once more! 2016 "Tragedy" from the Shakespeare series - one of the best designs for a while I think.


Apologies for the blurry images - this one is still in its Royal Mint folder, which tends to befuddle the scanner.

 

His name - Paasikivi - is right on the coin. Interesting design; I have that one too. Finland issued the piece to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Christian

 

I think that this one fits the bill. (theme)

 

Here is mourning (plus a baby):



A death medal for the Duke of Wellington:


One from France, mourning the dead soldiers of WWI:



That's enough for one post I think.

Death or Birth next!

 

Birth and Death Commem's

 

Numista lists this one as commemorative and non circulating. It was issued after his death in 1965. I share his birth date and the Old Bulldog has always been special to me.

 

Side note - a few days ago I was in the area; unfortunately we did not make it to the Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial. Earlier this month the presidents Macron (FR) and Steinmeier (DE) inaugurated the "Historial" there, the very first French-German museum. See here.

Christian

 

Interesting Theme Same Theme or start another...

 

This theme may be short-lived, but...

Wizards, fairies, or other mythical "HUMANOID" beings.

(Trying not to post repeats is getting tough)





Anything supernatural will be fine, so let's see some different pieces.

 

Mermaids, Neptune, etc:

(1935 Hudson half dollar):




(these are old film photos, taken decades ago)

 

George & the Dragon is mythical



As is Britannia



As is Mercury.

 

Struggling with this one! Here is a Medal commemorating the visit of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Cardiff in 1907. The Coat of Arms of Cardiff feature both a dragon and a horse with a fish's tail. See http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Cardiff for a full description.

 

I've got a nice mermaid in the mail, but until then how about a centaur?

 

Gonna go with the assumption that dragons count here. Not even sure this coin is real. I am starting to have so many doubts on my Chinese coins.