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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4282292, member: 110350&quot;]I&#039;m still fresh out of ancient horses I want to show, so here are two more Napoleonic horses, both also from the 40-medal James Mudie series commemorating British Military and Naval Victories during the Napoleonic Wars. (Photos are of the reverses only.)</p><p><br /></p><p>English Army in Egypt, 1801 (Struck 1820).&nbsp; Obv. Bust facing, uniformed, LIEUT: GENL.: SIR R: ABERCROMBY. Rev. Horse standing, r.; beyond, three pyramids. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. In exergue: 8 March 1801. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb. Mudie 8, Eimer 929, BHM 504.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089591[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt Delivered, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust three-quarters l., uniformed. MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSON. Rev. Exchanging a treaty, Hutchinson facing the Bey of Egypt, who holds the reins of a rearing horse; a pyramid beyond. EGYPT DELIVERED. In exergue: SEPT 11 MDCCCI. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb/A. Dupre. Mudie 9, Eimer 934, BHM 509.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089609[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my copy of the so-called &quot;Rocking Horse Crown&quot; -- George V, AR Five Shillings, from 1935.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089612[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089614[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the 1953 crown celebrating Elizabeth II&#039;s coronation, issued in copper-nickel.&nbsp; (Note that for the first time since the series began with James I, there was no official coronation medal issued for Elizabeth.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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