OK - I saw a post the other day that reminded me of a collecting theme I started but put aside. So what are your best lion coins. Post photos or scans and I will do the same.
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Cannot remember what others I have, and I looked in just one bag (out of many) and found eight of them; not sure which is my favourite. The first has a lion at the top below the star ...
In my 'silver' bag I only found five ...
Lastly I looked in my 'old' (before 1900) bag of copper or bronze ...
Here is the latest from Singapore (Singa means Lion). I have some more lions of other countries. Please note that the Reservebank of India Coin picture I feel is a Tiger and not lion as Tiger is the national animal of India and not Lion which are rare in India (Indian lions are on decline).
Lions are very nice on coins, my favorites from the common coins are the Belgium centimes. With a quick look I found some coins with lions in my Balkans album, although we don't have lions here :)
The last coin is from Ethiopia, you should look there as almost all their coins are with lions. Bulgaria has a lion in the coat of arms!
I am sorry the two copper coins are not clearly visible due to poor light, but they are Italian States, Venice, 1 soldo and gazzetta (2 soldi) for Dalmatia and Albania under Venetian rule 1600-1700 AD with St. Mark lion. I mean those coins:
Czechoslovakian [Czech] double-tailed lions started me to collect coins back in 1971.
I love them all, and since .... I keep wondering... why the the beast has two tails?
A historic-numismatic riddle to all.
Απόσπασμα: imrehCzechoslovakian [Czech] double-tailed lions started me to collect coins back in 1971.
I love them all, and since .... I keep wondering... why the the beast has two tails?
A historic-numismatic riddle to all.
Απόσπασμα: imrehCzechoslovakian [Czech] double-tailed lions started me to collect coins back in 1971.
I love them all, and since .... I keep wondering... why the the beast has two tails?
A historic-numismatic riddle to all.
Cannot remember what others I have, and I looked in just one bag (out of many) and found eight of them; not sure which is my favourite. The first has a lion at the top below the star ...
In my 'silver' bag I only found five ...
Lastly I looked in my 'old' (before 1900) bag of copper or bronze ...
That will do for now!
Some nice Dutch coins you've got there!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Thanks - I see you are in Netherlands so I guess you know their coins way better than me; now I looked at those pictures I see what you mean - there are quite a few Dutch coins there.
Απόσπασμα: ZacUKThanks - I see you are in Netherlands so I guess you know their coins way better than me; now I looked at those pictures I see what you mean - there are quite a few Dutch coins there.
Yes, especially the duit pieces are in a good nick. Most of the time they're pretty corroded, but yours are very nice! I need to buy some for my collection, I've got just a few of these coins.
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato