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Some new coins

ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
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I love these African coins, this one is much brighter than scanned.

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An addition to my Bahamas collection.

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Pretty cool coins, Colin! I like the animal designs. What's the sea creature on the obverse of the 25 Francs?

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Nice coins. I like that ram,elk, llamma head whatever animal it is.image
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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    From what I can find it is a fish styled Ashantee gold weight. The Ashanti people are from Western Africa, especially around the Ghana area. Gold has been mined in western Africa for a long time.

    The countermark issues of St. Croix from 1798-1813 have a similar symbol but I think it may just be a coincidence.

    The animal is some sort of antelope, possibly an impala, but I think their horns curve more.
  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Nice animal collection, where is the lionsimage
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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    Your big gold lions would eat my antelopes!
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