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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 429417, member: 6229"]The first post of Glory and Horse dealt with "Glory" on coins. This is Part 2 (Forgive my error in the title of this post as "3") and deals with "Horse/s" on coins. (Photos courtesy of Coin Archives unless noted) Our first example transports us back to circa 480 BC a few minutes after the Sicilian mint at Syracuse struck this silver Tetradrachm: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219008&AucID=309&Lot=30" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219008&AucID=309&Lot=30" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219008&AucID=309&Lot=30</a>  Here's what the Roman Republic produced circa 138 BC: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219230&AucID=309&Lot=252" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219230&AucID=309&Lot=252" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=219230&AucID=309&Lot=252</a>  Our next example allows us to view a silver Didrachm which was issued by the Greek City State, Thessaly, circa 350 BC: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=215945&AucID=299&Lot=27" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=215945&AucID=299&Lot=27" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=215945&AucID=299&Lot=27</a>  The Athenian City State, Attica, struck this EARTH SHAKING silver Tetradrachm circa 154/3 BC. For your numismatic lesson of the week read text accompaning this photo.(notice horse and horse foreparts on helmet): <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=212856&AucID=293&Lot=631" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=212856&AucID=293&Lot=631" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=212856&AucID=293&Lot=631</a>  Now let's speed dial ourselves a few more centuries toward the present. The German enclave of Braunschweig-Calenberg-Hannover produced this 1/3 Taler in 1678: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=566933&AucID=414&Lot=505" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=566933&AucID=414&Lot=505" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=566933&AucID=414&Lot=505</a>  Now we go to that historical tine (1670 - 1699) when Denmark and Norway was one country ruled by Christian V. This 1673 Mark, usually minted in gold, was struck in silver: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=139351&AucID=110&Lot=582" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=139351&AucID=110&Lot=582" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=139351&AucID=110&Lot=582</a>  Want to see a gold Cheval (1 Franc), also known as a Chevalier, coin struck while King Louis De Male ruled Flanders?  Here it is: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=391185&AucID=293&Lot=4217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=391185&AucID=293&Lot=4217" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=391185&AucID=293&Lot=4217</a>  Here's a respite from the old hammered coins. Somehow, in today's journey through the halls of the numismatic chambers of time, we find ourselves momentarily transported to the year 1990 (year of the Horse) in the People's Republic of China and we get a glimpse of a silver 100 Won just before an employee places it into a Proof Coin holder: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=484007&AucID=357&Lot=13050" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=484007&AucID=357&Lot=13050" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=484007&AucID=357&Lot=13050</a>  Whoosh, we find ourselves inside the palace of Charles I of Great Britain and see he's giving his approval to the magistrate of the Tower Mint to strike silver Crowns during his reign (1625-1649). Let's take a look at one: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=530373&AucID=385&Lot=398" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=530373&AucID=385&Lot=398" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=530373&AucID=385&Lot=398</a>   Wow! Somehow, because of cataclysmic forces warping our dimensional time tunnel, it looks like we're sojurning inside the work space of a Celtic blacksmith. Let's look inside his wooden change box. That big coin is a silver Iceni of the Face/Horse variety. I believe that puts us somewhere inside the late 1st Century AD: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=58420&AucID=44&Lot=2297" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=58420&AucID=44&Lot=2297" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=58420&AucID=44&Lot=2297</a>  Looks like we're coming back to the future, but there are going to be some momentary stops along the way: Argentine 1979 50 Pesos: Don's Coin Gallery: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-59&desc=Argentina20km84%2050%20Pesos%20(1979)%20Conquest%20of%20Patagonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-59&desc=Argentina20km84%2050%20Pesos%20(1979)%20Conquest%20of%20Patagonia" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-59&desc=Argentina20km84%2050%20Pesos%20(1979)%20Conquest%20of%20Patagonia</a>  100 Pesos: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-61&desc=Argentina%20km86%20100%20Pesos%20(1979)%20Conquest%20of%20Patagonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-61&desc=Argentina%20km86%20100%20Pesos%20(1979)%20Conquest%20of%20Patagonia" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/7-61&desc=Argentina km86 100 Pesos (1979) Conquest of Patagonia</a>  Canada's contributions: 1973 25 Cent Centennial (Royal Caandian Mounty): <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-81&desc=Canada%20km81.1%2025%20Cents%20(1973)%20Centennial%20(Mounty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-81&desc=Canada%20km81.1%2025%20Cents%20(1973)%20Centennial%20(Mounty" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img8/35-81&desc=Canada km81.1 25 Cents (1973) Centennial (Mounty</a>)  1992 Dollar (Stagecoach Service): <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/35-210&desc=Canada%20km210%201%20Dollar%20(1992)%20Stagecoach%20Service" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/35-210&desc=Canada%20km210%201%20Dollar%20(1992)%20Stagecoach%20Service" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/35-210&desc=Canada km210 1 Dollar (1992) Stagecoach Service</a>  Great Britain's contribution: 1999 2 Pounds (Silver Britannia): <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/76-1000&desc=Great%20Britian%20km1000%202%20Pounds%20(1999)%20Silver%20Britannia%201%20oz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/76-1000&desc=Great%20Britian%20km1000%202%20Pounds%20(1999)%20Silver%20Britannia%201%20oz" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/76-1000&desc=Great Britian km1000 2 Pounds (1999) Silver Britannia 1 oz</a>.  To honor Spartacus' revolt, Liberia authorized this 2001 10 Dollar commemorative: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc1/108-555&desc=Liberia%20km555%2010%20Dollars%20(2001)%20Revolt%20of%20Spartacus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc1/108-555&desc=Liberia%20km555%2010%20Dollars%20(2001)%20Revolt%20of%20Spartacus" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc1/108-555&desc=Liberia km555 10 Dollars (2001) Revolt of Spartacus</a>   United States Contributions: 1899 Lafayette Dollar: Coin Facts: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/lafayette_dollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/lafayette_dollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/dollar_commems/lafayette_dollar.htm</a>  1925 Stone Mountain Half Dollar: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/stone_mountain.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/stone_mountain.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/stone_mountain.htm</a>  1982 George Washington Half Dollar: Courtesy Omnicoin: <a href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=932617" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=932617" rel="nofollow">http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=932617</a>   Watch for Glory and Horse 3 in a few days.... Clinker[/QUOTE]

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