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<p>[QUOTE="Jeepfreak81, post: 24846095, member: 93888"]Thought I'd come back and update this thread. I've spent some time doing a bit of research and created a little spreadsheet of possible coins for my son's collection. I used CoinZoo and Numista for reference. Searching for cat or feline on Numista gets you ALOT of results so I had to narrow it down.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now our list consists of coins made since 1950 (chosen somewhat arbitrarily). None of the coins contain precious metals (a few are 50% silver) and the cat needs to be the main feature. So if it's just a smaller detail, it doesn't make the list. In addition, things like lions on a coat of arms and things like that also don't make the list. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I was able to come up with about 180 different coins from around the world. That doesn't include multiple years, so if the same design was made 1980-1985, those get lumped together.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was surprised to learn a few countries actually feature a big cat on the obverse of much of their coinage, Congo being one of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>So anyway I just wanted to share my findings in case anyone else comes along with a similar interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeepfreak81, post: 24846095, member: 93888"]Thought I'd come back and update this thread. I've spent some time doing a bit of research and created a little spreadsheet of possible coins for my son's collection. I used CoinZoo and Numista for reference. Searching for cat or feline on Numista gets you ALOT of results so I had to narrow it down. For now our list consists of coins made since 1950 (chosen somewhat arbitrarily). None of the coins contain precious metals (a few are 50% silver) and the cat needs to be the main feature. So if it's just a smaller detail, it doesn't make the list. In addition, things like lions on a coat of arms and things like that also don't make the list. That being said, I was able to come up with about 180 different coins from around the world. That doesn't include multiple years, so if the same design was made 1980-1985, those get lumped together. I was surprised to learn a few countries actually feature a big cat on the obverse of much of their coinage, Congo being one of them. So anyway I just wanted to share my findings in case anyone else comes along with a similar interest.[/QUOTE]
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