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« on: September 18, 2010, 06:44:32 AM »

In an attempt to answer Templars question, about how many counties have Lions on their coins.
I have started this thread. So post any coins with Lions and I will keep a list of names.

Ellekitty, where are you?

Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Ascension Island
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bermuda
Bohemia and Moravia
British West Indies
Bulgaria
Canada
Congo
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Denmark
East Africa
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
Georgia
Ghana
Great Britain
Guatemala
Guernsey
Hong Kong
India
Iran
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Mali
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherland Indies
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Phillipines
Rhodesia-Nyasaland
Rwanda-Burundi
Sierre Leone
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Tibet

Total 54 so far.


Algeria


Ascension Island


Belgium


Czechoslovakia or Czech Republic


East Africa


Estonia


Ethiopia




 
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2010, 06:55:55 AM »

Finland


Georgia


Ghana (nearly missed this one, it's so small)


Great Britain


Hong Kong





 
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2010, 07:08:48 AM »

India


Iran


Kenya


Latvia


Luxembourg


 



 
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2010, 07:20:07 AM »

Steve, the Estonian coin (3 Lions on a Sheild) look almost exactly like the obverses of the 1834-1911 8 Doubles coins of Guernsey. How are the countries related?
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2010, 07:24:50 AM »

Morocco


Myanmar


 


 
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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2010, 07:30:50 AM »

Steve, the Estonian coin (3 Lions on a Sheild) look almost exactly like the obverses of the 1834-1911 8 Doubles coins of Guernsey. How are the countries related?

Here is an image of that coin, borrowed from Don's World Gallery


very similar, although I doubt they are related, this is a fairly common image.
Great Britain use a similar one too. I'll add Guernsey to the list.
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2010, 08:13:06 AM »

Yes, Great Britain has a similar design.....Guernsey is a British crown dependency and some of the 8 doubles were minted in Birmingham. (The Guernesy doubles coins are one of my favorite coins to collect.)
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2010, 08:18:33 AM »

Steve, the Estonian coin (3 Lions on a Sheild) look almost exactly like the obverses of the 1834-1911 8 Doubles coins of Guernsey. How are the countries related?

They aren't. It's only on coins, which don't portray colour very well, that the two arms look the same.

The Estonian arms uses three blue lions on a gold background, derived from the arms of Denmark which once ruled the area. See Wikipedia.

The arms of Guernsey (and Jersey and England) are derived from the arms of Normandy, which had two gold lions on a red background. Richard the Lionheart, crusading King of England and Duke of Normandy, added the third gold lion, presumably to symbolize himself. Jersey and Guernsey, as the only remnants of the old Duchy of Normandy still in English hands, still both use the Normandy arms.

And just as an aside: you may occasionally see the animals on the English (and Channel Islander, and Estonian) arms described as "leopards" rather than lions. This comes about because of a technical distinction in heraldry. Large cat-like creatures that are standing upright on two legs (like the Scottish lion on their coat of arms) are called "lions". Otherwise identical creatures that are standing on three or four legs are called "leopards". You can still include heraldic "leopards" in your lion collection, though, since the same animal was intended. Wink
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2010, 08:56:27 AM »

Thanks for the info, Sap.
Very informative.
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2010, 09:11:53 AM »

Netherland Indies


Netherlands


Norway


Phillipines


Singapore


Spain


Sweden





 


 




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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2010, 09:19:52 AM »

That's all I can find in my collection.
It's up to you guys now.
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2010, 09:48:46 AM »

I have some countries not yet on your list. I don't know how far back you want to include extinct countries (I see Czechoslovakia, East Africa and Netherlands East Indies are on your list) but I've only included 20th century ones. There are hundreds more that could be added, going back to ancient times.

Albania
Armenia
Australia - how could you miss that one, trigger? Cheesy
Austria - they're not very big, but they're there, on all the 25 and 50 schilling coins that depict the state arms. Three tiny ones in the little coat of arms on the reverse, at 2 o'clock - it's the arms of Carinthia. The arms of Salzburg at 6 o'clock has a slightly larger one. The large lion-like animal in the arms at 7 o'clock is actually the Panther of Styria, a goat-like critter with horns. Embarrassed
Bohemia and Moravia, a Nazi puppet state in what is now the Czech Republic.
Bulgaria
Cyprus, a heraldic usage dating back to Richard the Lionheart's conquest of the island.
Denmark
Israel
Italy
Lebanon - well, the head of one, anyway.
Paraguay
Rwanda-Burundi
Sierra Leone, of course! How could a country whose name means "Lion Mountains" not put lions on their coinage? Wink
Syria, the same lion-head as used on the Lebanon coin, only now there's two of them.
Tanzania - that lion with cub is sooo cute!
Many coins from Tibet feature the "snow lion" from local Buddhist mythology. He's much the same critter as the "lion" on Burmese coinage, so I suppose he still counts.
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2010, 10:28:40 AM »

Sap, I forgot all about that Aussie one. Ooops!
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2010, 09:46:38 PM »

Great Britain 1/2 Crown, 1949   Grin


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« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2010, 12:25:48 AM »

Again the 1700 SWISS - ZURICH 5 Schillings Silver  Smiley

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