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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1273916, member: 6229"]Before we see the three U.S. coins that bear crosses on them here are a few older coins bearing crosses:　Our first photo is of an old Byzantine coin bearing a cross. It's this gold Solidus featuring Anastasius I on its obverse and a representation of Winged Victory holding a long cross in her right hand on the coin's reverse. This gold Solidus was struck at the Constantinople Mint in either 491 or 492 AD (coinarchives.com photo):　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437412&AucID=796&Lot=3002&Val=46804c2c58add8ef270b6fb6b618447d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437412&AucID=796&Lot=3002&Val=46804c2c58add8ef270b6fb6b618447d" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437412&AucID=796&Lot=3002&Val=46804c2c58add8ef270b6fb6b618447d</a>　The obverse of the gold Solidus was changed in 527 from featuring one emperor to featuring a rendition of the co-Emperors Justinus I and Justinianus I with a cross placed on the field of the coin between their heads. 　Justinianus was named co-emperor by Justinus I on April 4, 527 in order to promote a smooth succession of power. Justinianus had already been named Caesar in 525 and made imperial policy in the name of his uncle in the latter part of his reign.　　The reverse still has Winged Victory holding a long cross in her right hand. (coinarchives.com photo). Didn't the Constantinople Mintmaster do a nice job? Take a look:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437452&AucID=796&Lot=3042&Val=58b4bbcae9a9b409573475efeb95c36d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437452&AucID=796&Lot=3042&Val=58b4bbcae9a9b409573475efeb95c36d" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437452&AucID=796&Lot=3042&Val=58b4bbcae9a9b409573475efeb95c36d</a>　　Our final coin photo of a Byzantine gold Solidus minted at Constantinope features Tiberius II on its obverse. Notice the cross atop the eagle sceptre in Tiberius II's left hand. The coins of Tiberius reign feature a cross potent on four steps. (coinarchives.com photo):　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437522&AucID=796&Lot=3112&Val=56c3564c3278fc76dc8d5783c624e94f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437522&AucID=796&Lot=3112&Val=56c3564c3278fc76dc8d5783c624e94f" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=437522&AucID=796&Lot=3112&Val=56c3564c3278fc76dc8d5783c624e94f</a>　　Jumping ahead in our numismatic trip to the past let us peruse a few European coins bearing a cross/es on them. (coinarchives photos):　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064076&AucID=985&Lot=4266&Val=aba549172a024ab0c5e9aebee2fc23d5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064076&AucID=985&Lot=4266&Val=aba549172a024ab0c5e9aebee2fc23d5" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064076&AucID=985&Lot=4266&Val=aba549172a024ab0c5e9aebee2fc23d5</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064131&AucID=985&Lot=4321&Val=d56553b4c1fb703b6e67ecde5af5d3ec" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064131&AucID=985&Lot=4321&Val=d56553b4c1fb703b6e67ecde5af5d3ec" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064131&AucID=985&Lot=4321&Val=d56553b4c1fb703b6e67ecde5af5d3ec</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064204&AucID=985&Lot=4394&Val=e3fa8032eff81fcfe1f9259ee159adbe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064204&AucID=985&Lot=4394&Val=e3fa8032eff81fcfe1f9259ee159adbe" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064204&AucID=985&Lot=4394&Val=e3fa8032eff81fcfe1f9259ee159adbe</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064223&AucID=985&Lot=4413&Val=dc03a21c6ca45954c5711318c06342b1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064223&AucID=985&Lot=4413&Val=dc03a21c6ca45954c5711318c06342b1" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064223&AucID=985&Lot=4413&Val=dc03a21c6ca45954c5711318c06342b1</a>　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064544&AucID=985&Lot=4734&Val=37b9bb8b41f0ec888ff48bd6c9c3579b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064544&AucID=985&Lot=4734&Val=37b9bb8b41f0ec888ff48bd6c9c3579b" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064544&AucID=985&Lot=4734&Val=37b9bb8b41f0ec888ff48bd6c9c3579b</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064653&AucID=985&Lot=4843&Val=f3dad5a45da9db2f010f4e72b6a6e483" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064653&AucID=985&Lot=4843&Val=f3dad5a45da9db2f010f4e72b6a6e483" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064653&AucID=985&Lot=4843&Val=f3dad5a45da9db2f010f4e72b6a6e483</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064779&AucID=985&Lot=4969&Val=74c8e76a642ccb57ff8d3b7e21b610e3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064779&AucID=985&Lot=4969&Val=74c8e76a642ccb57ff8d3b7e21b610e3" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064779&AucID=985&Lot=4969&Val=74c8e76a642ccb57ff8d3b7e21b610e3</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065051&AucID=985&Lot=5241&Val=ac61b26953c1166a0835f3694e27c5d2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065051&AucID=985&Lot=5241&Val=ac61b26953c1166a0835f3694e27c5d2" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065051&AucID=985&Lot=5241&Val=ac61b26953c1166a0835f3694e27c5d2</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1062863&AucID=984&Lot=81&Val=5128e5bcc71e076c825af027678ae948" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1062863&AucID=984&Lot=81&Val=5128e5bcc71e076c825af027678ae948" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1062863&AucID=984&Lot=81&Val=5128e5bcc71e076c825af027678ae948</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064031&AucID=984&Lot=1249&Val=b3590b8b96fb18caf6138bffcf0d3a25" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064031&AucID=984&Lot=1249&Val=b3590b8b96fb18caf6138bffcf0d3a25" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1064031&AucID=984&Lot=1249&Val=b3590b8b96fb18caf6138bffcf0d3a25</a>　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1066714&AucID=987&Lot=7&Val=b9479a38816442bda8f7f7ea2f77b60a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1066714&AucID=987&Lot=7&Val=b9479a38816442bda8f7f7ea2f77b60a" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1066714&AucID=987&Lot=7&Val=b9479a38816442bda8f7f7ea2f77b60a</a>　　Here's a Brazilian coin when Brazil was still a Portugese colony:　　<a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065798&AucID=985&Lot=5988&Val=d29f463c68f1c68bc2418d9564977b8b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065798&AucID=985&Lot=5988&Val=d29f463c68f1c68bc2418d9564977b8b" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1065798&AucID=985&Lot=5988&Val=d29f463c68f1c68bc2418d9564977b8b</a>　　And now let us see the three U.S. coins bearing a cross or two on them. The first two are commemoratives:　　1936 York County, Maine Half Dollar Commemorative (Obverse):　　coinpage.com photo　　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2722.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2722.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2722.html</a>　　1934 Maryland Tercentary Commemorative (Reverse):　　coinpage.com photo - 2 Crosses　　<a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1440.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1440.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1440.html</a>　　This last U.S.A. coin (Shield Nickel) is a lot older and is our only circulation coinage bearing a small cross which lies atop the shield on its reverse.:　　coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com photo:　　<a href="http://www.coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com/shield-nickels.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com/shield-nickels.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coin-collecting-guide-for-beginners.com/shield-nickels.html</a>　　Hope you enjoyed the crosses...　　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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