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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 235834, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial"><font size="3">First, let me tell you, Bonedigger's thread about <i>guns on coins or medals</i> inspired me to try this trivia subject.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">A lot of coins bear weapons on them from knives to swords, from guns to cannon. There are so many that I cannot list them all, however, I can present quite a few of those catching my attention. I have been able to locate images for a good portion of them, but not every one of them. The sheer number of coins within this category prevents me from including them all in one trivia article so there will be continuations to this article.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Let's start this trivia with United States coins..</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">To find rifles on American coins you need go no further back in time than the 2002 West Point Bicentennial Commemorative Silver Dollar. The obverse's main design is a "color guard" of five cadets. The three cadets in the center are the standard bearers (flag carriers) and the two outside cadets shouldering rifles.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of Mint Products: <a href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=787" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=787" rel="nofollow">http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=787</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Go back a few more years to the 1993 World War II 50th Anniversary commemoratives (all three coins are dated 1991-95 but, were issued in 1993):</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The reverse of the clad half dollar portrays a Pacific Island battle scene which includes a soldier with his rifle.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The obverse of the silver dollar shows an American soldier with his Carbine on the beach of Normandy.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Here's an image courtesy of Mint Products: <a href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=799" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=799" rel="nofollow">http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=799</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The obverse of the five dollar gold piece depicts an American soldier with his rifle raised in victory.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Now we can go back further in time to 1991 and acknowledge the Korean War Memorial Silver Dollar whose obverse features an American infantryman in full gear holding his combat rifle as he charges up a hill.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Here's the image courtesy of Mint Products: <a href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=759" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=759" rel="nofollow">http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=759</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">There are others, of course, and I would be remiss if I didn't include the 1938-D Daniel Boone Bicentennial Half Dollar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Here's an image courtesy of Coin Page:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1542.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1542.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1542.html</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">I believe the first American coin with a rifle on it happens to be the 1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial Half Dollar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Here's an image courtesy of Coin Page: </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-929.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-929.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-929.html</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">What about coins with cannons? One of our Commemoratives has one on its reverse. The 1995 Civil War Battlefield Preservation clad half dollar..</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of Coin Page:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2578.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2578.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2578.html</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">This brings us to other countries' coins. I have not the time nor the space in this trivia article to bring every weapon-bearing world coin to your attention, but I shall present some I believe are important. To not slight anyone's home country, I shall reveal them in alphabetical order.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Alderney has some unique productions. One that might interest you is their 5 pound coin commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This coin features two spitfire airplanes on the reverse.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Another is their 1994 2 pound coin commemorating the landing of troops at Normandy Beach. Here's an image courtesy of Wotld Coin Gallery: </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ald-7&desc=Alderney%20km7%202%20Pounds%20(1994)%20D-Day%20Normandy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ald-7&desc=Alderney%20km7%202%20Pounds%20(1994)%20D-Day%20Normandy" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ald-7&desc=Alderney%20km7%202%20Pounds%20(1994)%20D-Day%20Normandy</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Algeria created a nice <i>weapons on coins </i>representative 5 dinars in 1974 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of its revolution. The reverse of the 5 dinars depicts a freedom fighter holding a rifle.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img1/3-108&desc=Algeria%20km108%205%20Dinars%20(1974)%20Anniv.%20of%20Revolution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img1/3-108&desc=Algeria%20km108%205%20Dinars%20(1974)%20Anniv.%20of%20Revolution" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img1/3-108&desc=Algeria%20km108%205%20Dinars%20(1974)%20Anniv.%20of%20Revolution</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">One of Andorra's entries in this theme ocurred in 1984 when it minted a proof 20 diners coin to commemorate the XXIII Olympics at Los Angeles, The commemorative committee chose to place on the coin's reverse a tribute to the sport of shooting. Prominently displayed is a shooter aiming his rifle.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Australia produced a 5 dollar Olympic Trbute in 1999. It, too, presents a shooter, but he is holding a shotgun instead of a rifle.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">In 2000, Australia minted a one dollar coin to commemorate the HMAS Sydney Battle Cruiser for its role in WWII. The Ship is especially remembered because it represents the greatest loss of life by an Australian warship. All hands went down with the sinking of the ship. The how and why is a mystery to this day.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/10-422&desc=Australia%20km422%201%20Dollar%20(2000)%20HMAS%20Sydney%20II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/10-422&desc=Australia%20km422%201%20Dollar%20(2000)%20HMAS%20Sydney%20II" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/10-422&desc=Australia%20km422%201%20Dollar%20(2000)%20HMAS%20Sydney%20II</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Austria takes us back into a time before guns were invented, with its 1995 500 shilling coin. The reverse design is that of two knights on horseback, jousting.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Austria, also, gives us two <i>Euro</i> coins to look at in our theme category. This first one transports us back to the days of knighthood:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02a&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Rennaissance%20-%20Ferdinand%20I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02a&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Rennaissance%20-%20Ferdinand%20I" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02a&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Rennaissance%20-%20Ferdinand%20I</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">This second coin has crossed canons on its obverse:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02b&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Baroque%20Period%20-%20Prince%20Eugene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02b&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Baroque%20Period%20-%20Prince%20Eugene" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02b&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Baroque%20Period%20-%20Prince%20Eugene</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The Bahamas created two coins that caught my attention. Both celebrate Christopher Columbus. The older coin, a 500 dollar gold coin, produced in uncirculated and proof versions in 1967 has Columbus on deck with sword sheathed.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The second piece, created in 1999, is a 25 dollars silver coin with Columbus on deck with drawn sword being held in his right hand.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Belgium 's entry into this <i>weapons on coins </i>category is a one franc coin minted in 1880 to celebrate 50 years of independance. As you will see when looking at the image, the reverse has a special coat of arms with crossed swords and the two dates 1880 and 1830.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/18-38&desc=Belgium%20km38%201%20Franc%20(1880)%2050%20yrs.%20Independence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/18-38&desc=Belgium%20km38%201%20Franc%20(1880)%2050%20yrs.%20Independence" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/18-38&desc=Belgium%20km38%201%20Franc%20(1880)%2050%20yrs.%20Independence</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font size="2"></font>The British Virgin Islands authorized the minting of a 20 Dollar silver coin in 1985 (probably designed and produced by the Franklin Mint). The coin has two old-type defensive canons in a cross or <b>X</b> pattern.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/191-48&desc=British%20Virgin%20Islands%20km48%2020%20Dollars%20(1985)%20Crossed%20Cannons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/191-48&desc=British%20Virgin%20Islands%20km48%2020%20Dollars%20(1985)%20Crossed%20Cannons" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/191-48&desc=British%20Virgin%20Islands%20km48%2020%20Dollars%20(1985)%20Crossed%20Cannons</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Now this coin's objects may not be deemed weapons by some, but I remember the one was used by Roman soldiers and/or by Combatants in the Roman Gladiatorial Arena. Namely the Trident. Also the weapon of choice by the mythological God's of the sea, Neptune and Poseidon. The other object, the sickle, was a tool, later adapted to be used as a weapon by the farmers and nomads of the the Russian and Manchurian plains. The Cossacks, further refined it into a long curved sword called a <i>scimitar</i>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Here's an image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Note. This coin is a Danish West Indies denomination:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img10/212-77&desc=Danish%20West%20Indies%20km77%205%20Cents%20(1905)%2025%20bit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img10/212-77&desc=Danish%20West%20Indies%20km77%205%20Cents%20(1905)%2025%20bit" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img10/212-77&desc=Danish%20West%20Indies%20km77%205%20Cents%20(1905)%2025%20bit</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">This coin authorized by Socialist Bulgaria, a 1969 one lev, celebrates the Socialist Revolution with a man and woman in fighting gear. The man holds a rifle.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-74&desc=Bulgaria%20km74%201%20Lev%20(1969)%20Socialist%20Revolution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-74&desc=Bulgaria%20km74%201%20Lev%20(1969)%20Socialist%20Revolution" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-74&desc=Bulgaria%20km74%201%20Lev%20(1969)%20Socialist%20Revolution</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">And in 1976 a one lev coin was minted to celebrate the April uprising against the Turks Though the weapons portrayed are outdated by modern technology, they served the Bulgarians well in the uprising.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Again, image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-94&desc=Bulgaria%20km94%201%20Lev%20(1976)%20April%20Uprising%20Against%20Turks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-94&desc=Bulgaria%20km94%201%20Lev%20(1976)%20April%20Uprising%20Against%20Turks" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-94&desc=Bulgaria%20km94%201%20Lev%20(1976)%20April%20Uprising%20Against%20Turks</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Canada contibutes to this category with its Commemoritive program. The 2005 50 cent coin of this program was chosen to bear the commemoration of Canada's role in their participation in WWII with a six coin collector's set. The six coins commemorate the following battles:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Battle of Britain</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Battle for the Atlantic</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Raid on Dieppe</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Conquest of Sicily</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Liberation of the Netherlands</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Battle of the Sheldt</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Another Canadian entry in this category is the 1990 Silver Dollar Commemorating the Tricentennial of Henry Kelsey. Notice the bow and quiver of arrows on the back of the standing Native American in the following image:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/35-170&desc=Canada%20km170%201%20Dollar%20(1990)%20Henry%20Kelsey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/35-170&desc=Canada%20km170%201%20Dollar%20(1990)%20Henry%20Kelsey" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/35-170&desc=Canada%20km170%201%20Dollar%20(1990)%20Henry%20Kelsey</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Czechoslovakia, under socialist rule, created a few coins with armed men commemorating their different uprisings. Here are three.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Note all images courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">First the coins commemorating the Slovak Uprising:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/51-40&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km40%2010%20Korun%20(1954)%20Slovak%20Uprising" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/51-40&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km40%2010%20Korun%20(1954)%20Slovak%20Uprising" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/51-40&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km40%2010%20Korun%20(1954)%20Slovak%20Uprising</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/51-41&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km41%2025%20Korun%20(1954)%2010th%20Anniv.%20Slovak%20Uprising" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/51-41&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km41%2025%20Korun%20(1954)%2010th%20Anniv.%20Slovak%20Uprising" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/51-41&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km41%2025%20Korun%20(1954)%2010th%20Anniv.%20Slovak%20Uprising</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This coin celebrates Liberation from Germany:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/51-42&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km42%2010%20Korun%20(1955)%20Liberation%20from%20Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/51-42&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km42%2010%20Korun%20(1955)%20Liberation%20from%20Germany" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/51-42&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km42%2010%20Korun%20(1955)%20Liberation%20from%20Germany</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In 1981 East Germany produced a ten mark coin to salute the People's Army on their 25th Anniversary. Take a look at what this coin bears:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Image courtesy oof World Coin Gallery:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/25-80&desc=East%20Germany%20km80%2010%20Mark%20(1981)%2025%20yrs.%20Peoples%20Army" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/25-80&desc=East%20Germany%20km80%2010%20Mark%20(1981)%2025%20yrs.%20Peoples%20Army" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/25-80&desc=East%20Germany%20km80%2010%20Mark%20(1981)%2025%20yrs.%20Peoples%20Army</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">As for France's entry in this category, in 1943 and '44 two franc coins were struck featuring a double-bladed battle.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This image courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/69-904&desc=France%20km904.1%202%20Francs%20(1943,1944)%20axe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/69-904&desc=France%20km904.1%202%20Francs%20(1943,1944)%20axe" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/69-904&desc=France%20km904.1%202%20Francs%20(1943,1944)%20axe</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Gilbralter produced three one crown coins in 1993 honoring Warships of World War II on their reverses.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This first one honors HNLMS Issac Sweers:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-115&desc=Gibraltar%20km115%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HNLMS%20Isaac%20Sweers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-115&desc=Gibraltar%20km115%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HNLMS%20Isaac%20Sweers" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-115&desc=Gibraltar%20km115%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HNLMS%20Isaac%20Sweers</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This second one honors the USS Weehawken.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-116&desc=Gibraltar%20km116%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20USS%20Weehawken" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-116&desc=Gibraltar%20km116%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20USS%20Weehawken" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-116&desc=Gibraltar%20km116%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20USS%20Weehawken</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This third and final one honors HMS Penelope.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-119&desc=Gibraltar%20km119%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HMS%20Penelope" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-119&desc=Gibraltar%20km119%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HMS%20Penelope" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-119&desc=Gibraltar%20km119%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HMS%20Penelope</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Gilbralter also minted two coins of which I could not find photos of:, but here's their Krause-Mishler nunbers so you can look them up if you are so inclined.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">KM24 2 Pounds (1988-1996) Cannon</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">KM1043 2 Pounds (2003) Cannon</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Great Btitain produced some one shilling coins which feature the Scottish crest on the reverse of the coins, namely dated 1937 thru 1951</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Here's an image of one for your perusal:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/76-864&desc=Great%20Britain%20km864%201%20Shilling%20Scottish%20crest%20(1947-1951" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/76-864&desc=Great%20Britain%20km864%201%20Shilling%20Scottish%20crest%20(1947-1951" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/76-864&desc=Great%20Britain%20km864%201%20Shilling%20Scottish%20crest%20(1947-1951</a>)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Haiti really grabbed my attention with its 1973 and '74 25 gourdes coin honoring Columbus with this beautiful reverse:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/82-102&desc=Haiti%20km102%2025%20Gourdes%20(1973-1974)%20Christopher%20Columbus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/82-102&desc=Haiti%20km102%2025%20Gourdes%20(1973-1974)%20Christopher%20Columbus" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/82-102&desc=Haiti%20km102%2025%20Gourdes%20(1973-1974)%20Christopher%20Columbus</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Liberia's contribution to this subject is a commmemortive to its Miluitary Memorial It'a a $20 coin minted in 1992 and 1995..</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/108-44&desc=Liberia%20km44%205%20Dollars%20(1982,1985)%20Military%20Memorial" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/108-44&desc=Liberia%20km44%205%20Dollars%20(1982,1985)%20Military%20Memorial" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/108-44&desc=Liberia%20km44%205%20Dollars%20(1982,1985)%20Military%20Memorial</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Marshall Islands authorized The Franklin Mint to create a five dollar coin as a tribute to the Battle of Britain in 1990. </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Here's that coin with a fighter plane on the obverse:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/118-18&desc=Marshall%20Islands%20km18%205%20Dollars%20(1990)%20Battle%20of%20Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/118-18&desc=Marshall%20Islands%20km18%205%20Dollars%20(1990)%20Battle%20of%20Britain" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/118-18&desc=Marshall%20Islands%20km18%205%20Dollars%20(1990)%20Battle%20of%20Britain</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">New Zealand has been featuring <b>Maori </b>two patus (hand-carved war clubs) in a cross pattern on the reverse of its three pence coins from 1933: Here's images of an older silver coin and a later dated cu-ni one:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-1&desc=New%20Zealand%20km1%203%20Pence%20(1933-1936" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-1&desc=New%20Zealand%20km1%203%20Pence%20(1933-1936" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-1&desc=New%20Zealand%20km1%203%20Pence%20(1933-1936</a>)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-25_2&desc=New%20Zealand%20km25.2%203%20Pence%20(1953-1965" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-25_2&desc=New%20Zealand%20km25.2%203%20Pence%20(1953-1965" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-25_2&desc=New%20Zealand%20km25.2%203%20Pence%20(1953-1965</a>)</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This is the end of the first installment of <i>Weapons on coins </i>.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hope you enjoyed this trivia...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Look for more installments ...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 235834, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]First, let me tell you, Bonedigger's thread about [I]guns on coins or medals[/I] inspired me to try this trivia subject. A lot of coins bear weapons on them from knives to swords, from guns to cannon. There are so many that I cannot list them all, however, I can present quite a few of those catching my attention. I have been able to locate images for a good portion of them, but not every one of them. The sheer number of coins within this category prevents me from including them all in one trivia article so there will be continuations to this article. Let's start this trivia with United States coins.. To find rifles on American coins you need go no further back in time than the 2002 West Point Bicentennial Commemorative Silver Dollar. The obverse's main design is a "color guard" of five cadets. The three cadets in the center are the standard bearers (flag carriers) and the two outside cadets shouldering rifles. Image courtesy of Mint Products: [URL="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=787"]http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=787[/URL] Go back a few more years to the 1993 World War II 50th Anniversary commemoratives (all three coins are dated 1991-95 but, were issued in 1993): The reverse of the clad half dollar portrays a Pacific Island battle scene which includes a soldier with his rifle. The obverse of the silver dollar shows an American soldier with his Carbine on the beach of Normandy. Here's an image courtesy of Mint Products: [URL="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=799"]http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=799[/URL] The obverse of the five dollar gold piece depicts an American soldier with his rifle raised in victory. Now we can go back further in time to 1991 and acknowledge the Korean War Memorial Silver Dollar whose obverse features an American infantryman in full gear holding his combat rifle as he charges up a hill. Here's the image courtesy of Mint Products: [URL="http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=759"]http://www.mintproducts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=759[/URL] There are others, of course, and I would be remiss if I didn't include the 1938-D Daniel Boone Bicentennial Half Dollar. Here's an image courtesy of Coin Page: [URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1542.html"]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1542.html[/URL] I believe the first American coin with a rifle on it happens to be the 1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial Half Dollar. Here's an image courtesy of Coin Page: [URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-929.html"]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-929.html[/URL] What about coins with cannons? One of our Commemoratives has one on its reverse. The 1995 Civil War Battlefield Preservation clad half dollar.. Image courtesy of Coin Page: [URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2578.html"]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-2578.html[/URL] This brings us to other countries' coins. I have not the time nor the space in this trivia article to bring every weapon-bearing world coin to your attention, but I shall present some I believe are important. To not slight anyone's home country, I shall reveal them in alphabetical order. Alderney has some unique productions. One that might interest you is their 5 pound coin commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This coin features two spitfire airplanes on the reverse. Another is their 1994 2 pound coin commemorating the landing of troops at Normandy Beach. Here's an image courtesy of Wotld Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ald-7&desc=Alderney%20km7%202%20Pounds%20(1994)%20D-Day%20Normandy"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/ald-7&desc=Alderney%20km7%202%20Pounds%20(1994)%20D-Day%20Normandy[/URL] Algeria created a nice [I]weapons on coins [/I]representative 5 dinars in 1974 to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of its revolution. The reverse of the 5 dinars depicts a freedom fighter holding a rifle. Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img1/3-108&desc=Algeria%20km108%205%20Dinars%20(1974)%20Anniv.%20of%20Revolution"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img1/3-108&desc=Algeria%20km108%205%20Dinars%20(1974)%20Anniv.%20of%20Revolution[/URL] One of Andorra's entries in this theme ocurred in 1984 when it minted a proof 20 diners coin to commemorate the XXIII Olympics at Los Angeles, The commemorative committee chose to place on the coin's reverse a tribute to the sport of shooting. Prominently displayed is a shooter aiming his rifle. Australia produced a 5 dollar Olympic Trbute in 1999. It, too, presents a shooter, but he is holding a shotgun instead of a rifle. In 2000, Australia minted a one dollar coin to commemorate the HMAS Sydney Battle Cruiser for its role in WWII. The Ship is especially remembered because it represents the greatest loss of life by an Australian warship. All hands went down with the sinking of the ship. The how and why is a mystery to this day. Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/10-422&desc=Australia%20km422%201%20Dollar%20(2000)%20HMAS%20Sydney%20II"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/10-422&desc=Australia%20km422%201%20Dollar%20(2000)%20HMAS%20Sydney%20II[/URL] Austria takes us back into a time before guns were invented, with its 1995 500 shilling coin. The reverse design is that of two knights on horseback, jousting. Austria, also, gives us two [I]Euro[/I] coins to look at in our theme category. This first one transports us back to the days of knighthood: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02a&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Rennaissance%20-%20Ferdinand%20I"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02a&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Rennaissance%20-%20Ferdinand%20I[/URL] This second coin has crossed canons on its obverse: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02b&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Baroque%20Period%20-%20Prince%20Eugene"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/11-20e02b&desc=Austria%20new%2020%20Euro%20(2002)%20Baroque%20Period%20-%20Prince%20Eugene[/URL] The Bahamas created two coins that caught my attention. Both celebrate Christopher Columbus. The older coin, a 500 dollar gold coin, produced in uncirculated and proof versions in 1967 has Columbus on deck with sword sheathed. The second piece, created in 1999, is a 25 dollars silver coin with Columbus on deck with drawn sword being held in his right hand. Belgium 's entry into this [I]weapons on coins [/I]category is a one franc coin minted in 1880 to celebrate 50 years of independance. As you will see when looking at the image, the reverse has a special coat of arms with crossed swords and the two dates 1880 and 1830. Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/18-38&desc=Belgium%20km38%201%20Franc%20(1880)%2050%20yrs.%20Independence"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/18-38&desc=Belgium%20km38%201%20Franc%20(1880)%2050%20yrs.%20Independence[/URL] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE]The British Virgin Islands authorized the minting of a 20 Dollar silver coin in 1985 (probably designed and produced by the Franklin Mint). The coin has two old-type defensive canons in a cross or [B]X[/B] pattern. Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/191-48&desc=British%20Virgin%20Islands%20km48%2020%20Dollars%20(1985)%20Crossed%20Cannons"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/191-48&desc=British%20Virgin%20Islands%20km48%2020%20Dollars%20(1985)%20Crossed%20Cannons[/URL] Now this coin's objects may not be deemed weapons by some, but I remember the one was used by Roman soldiers and/or by Combatants in the Roman Gladiatorial Arena. Namely the Trident. Also the weapon of choice by the mythological God's of the sea, Neptune and Poseidon. The other object, the sickle, was a tool, later adapted to be used as a weapon by the farmers and nomads of the the Russian and Manchurian plains. The Cossacks, further refined it into a long curved sword called a [I]scimitar[/I]. Here's an image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: Note. This coin is a Danish West Indies denomination: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img10/212-77&desc=Danish%20West%20Indies%20km77%205%20Cents%20(1905)%2025%20bit"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img10/212-77&desc=Danish%20West%20Indies%20km77%205%20Cents%20(1905)%2025%20bit[/URL] This coin authorized by Socialist Bulgaria, a 1969 one lev, celebrates the Socialist Revolution with a man and woman in fighting gear. The man holds a rifle. Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-74&desc=Bulgaria%20km74%201%20Lev%20(1969)%20Socialist%20Revolution"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-74&desc=Bulgaria%20km74%201%20Lev%20(1969)%20Socialist%20Revolution[/URL] And in 1976 a one lev coin was minted to celebrate the April uprising against the Turks Though the weapons portrayed are outdated by modern technology, they served the Bulgarians well in the uprising. Again, image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-94&desc=Bulgaria%20km94%201%20Lev%20(1976)%20April%20Uprising%20Against%20Turks"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/29-94&desc=Bulgaria%20km94%201%20Lev%20(1976)%20April%20Uprising%20Against%20Turks[/URL] Canada contibutes to this category with its Commemoritive program. The 2005 50 cent coin of this program was chosen to bear the commemoration of Canada's role in their participation in WWII with a six coin collector's set. The six coins commemorate the following battles: Battle of Britain Battle for the Atlantic Raid on Dieppe Conquest of Sicily Liberation of the Netherlands Battle of the Sheldt Another Canadian entry in this category is the 1990 Silver Dollar Commemorating the Tricentennial of Henry Kelsey. Notice the bow and quiver of arrows on the back of the standing Native American in the following image: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/35-170&desc=Canada%20km170%201%20Dollar%20(1990)%20Henry%20Kelsey"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/35-170&desc=Canada%20km170%201%20Dollar%20(1990)%20Henry%20Kelsey[/URL] [FONT=Times New Roman]Czechoslovakia, under socialist rule, created a few coins with armed men commemorating their different uprisings. Here are three. Note all images courtesy of World Coin Gallery: First the coins commemorating the Slovak Uprising: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/51-40&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km40%2010%20Korun%20(1954)%20Slovak%20Uprising"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc2/51-40&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km40%2010%20Korun%20(1954)%20Slovak%20Uprising[/URL] [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/51-41&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km41%2025%20Korun%20(1954)%2010th%20Anniv.%20Slovak%20Uprising"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/51-41&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km41%2025%20Korun%20(1954)%2010th%20Anniv.%20Slovak%20Uprising[/URL] This coin celebrates Liberation from Germany: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/51-42&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km42%2010%20Korun%20(1955)%20Liberation%20from%20Germany"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/51-42&desc=Czechoslovakia%20km42%2010%20Korun%20(1955)%20Liberation%20from%20Germany[/URL] In 1981 East Germany produced a ten mark coin to salute the People's Army on their 25th Anniversary. Take a look at what this coin bears: Image courtesy oof World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/25-80&desc=East%20Germany%20km80%2010%20Mark%20(1981)%2025%20yrs.%20Peoples%20Army"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/25-80&desc=East%20Germany%20km80%2010%20Mark%20(1981)%2025%20yrs.%20Peoples%20Army[/URL] As for France's entry in this category, in 1943 and '44 two franc coins were struck featuring a double-bladed battle. This image courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/69-904&desc=France%20km904.1%202%20Francs%20(1943,1944)%20axe"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img7/69-904&desc=France%20km904.1%202%20Francs%20(1943,1944)%20axe[/URL] Gilbralter produced three one crown coins in 1993 honoring Warships of World War II on their reverses. This first one honors HNLMS Issac Sweers: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-115&desc=Gibraltar%20km115%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HNLMS%20Isaac%20Sweers"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-115&desc=Gibraltar%20km115%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HNLMS%20Isaac%20Sweers[/URL] This second one honors the USS Weehawken. [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-116&desc=Gibraltar%20km116%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20USS%20Weehawken"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-116&desc=Gibraltar%20km116%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20USS%20Weehawken[/URL] This third and final one honors HMS Penelope. [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-119&desc=Gibraltar%20km119%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HMS%20Penelope"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img11/75-119&desc=Gibraltar%20km119%201%20Crown%20(1993)%20HMS%20Penelope[/URL] Gilbralter also minted two coins of which I could not find photos of:, but here's their Krause-Mishler nunbers so you can look them up if you are so inclined. KM24 2 Pounds (1988-1996) Cannon KM1043 2 Pounds (2003) Cannon Great Btitain produced some one shilling coins which feature the Scottish crest on the reverse of the coins, namely dated 1937 thru 1951 Here's an image of one for your perusal: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/76-864&desc=Great%20Britain%20km864%201%20Shilling%20Scottish%20crest%20(1947-1951"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/76-864&desc=Great%20Britain%20km864%201%20Shilling%20Scottish%20crest%20(1947-1951[/URL]) Haiti really grabbed my attention with its 1973 and '74 25 gourdes coin honoring Columbus with this beautiful reverse: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/82-102&desc=Haiti%20km102%2025%20Gourdes%20(1973-1974)%20Christopher%20Columbus"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/82-102&desc=Haiti%20km102%2025%20Gourdes%20(1973-1974)%20Christopher%20Columbus[/URL] Liberia's contribution to this subject is a commmemortive to its Miluitary Memorial It'a a $20 coin minted in 1992 and 1995.. [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/108-44&desc=Liberia%20km44%205%20Dollars%20(1982,1985)%20Military%20Memorial"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/108-44&desc=Liberia%20km44%205%20Dollars%20(1982,1985)%20Military%20Memorial[/URL] Marshall Islands authorized The Franklin Mint to create a five dollar coin as a tribute to the Battle of Britain in 1990. Here's that coin with a fighter plane on the obverse: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/118-18&desc=Marshall%20Islands%20km18%205%20Dollars%20(1990)%20Battle%20of%20Britain"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/118-18&desc=Marshall%20Islands%20km18%205%20Dollars%20(1990)%20Battle%20of%20Britain[/URL] New Zealand has been featuring [B]Maori [/B]two patus (hand-carved war clubs) in a cross pattern on the reverse of its three pence coins from 1933: Here's images of an older silver coin and a later dated cu-ni one: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-1&desc=New%20Zealand%20km1%203%20Pence%20(1933-1936"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-1&desc=New%20Zealand%20km1%203%20Pence%20(1933-1936[/URL]) [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-25_2&desc=New%20Zealand%20km25.2%203%20Pence%20(1953-1965"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img3/131-25_2&desc=New%20Zealand%20km25.2%203%20Pence%20(1953-1965[/URL]) This is the end of the first installment of [I]Weapons on coins [/I]. Hope you enjoyed this trivia... Look for more installments ... Clinker [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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