Coins depicting horses?
ormandh
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My wife works with ReRun a racehorse nonprofit that rescues ex-racehorses and finds new owners for these beautiful creatures, and I was going to put up a couple of coins up for auction on ebay for the organization. For the life of me I can only think of a few coins that have horses on them. Some of the ones that come to mind are the gold sovereigns, the Canadian tokens, and the Irish (?). Post a coin to jolt my memory. I would appreciate any help in which you may provide. -Dan
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Some of the German States come to mind.
You made me go and take this 1789 Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 24-mariengroschen (2/3 thaler piece) off my Holey Coin Vest to scan it.
I was happy to get it because I come from Brunswick, Georgia.
The Norway KM409 1-krone pieces have a Fjord Horse on them. I have a few examples of that type arond here somewhere. They're quite inexpensive.
There are LOTS more horse coins. It would be a good theme.
Blackhawk, that is a nice piece. -Dan
There is a Hanover Square, here in Brunswick. (One of my favorite detecting spots in the past.)
A lot of the placenames in this city are related to the German connections of George III, since our city plan was laid out in the 1770s, just prior to the revolution. And the names stuck, right down to this day, despite independence and all that.
Edit- yup... just looked in the 19th Century Krause, and there are some prancing horses under Hanover (Hannover).
Probably a number of other German States used horses, too, I'll bet.
Which means we now have five cats, three dogs, AND now... a horse.
Fortunately just a small horse.
1 Lira 1917R
2 Lira 1908R
2 Lira 1914R
5 Lira 1914R
10 Lira 1927R
20 Lira 1936R
10 Lira 1950R has a winged horse - Pegasus
500 Lira 1961R
500 Lira 1981R
500 Lira 1985R Pegasus again
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The Brunswick duchies have a ton of horse coins, from tiny mariengroschen to multiple thaler. The 1920s Westphalia tokens also have a lovely, and more affordable, brace of ponies. The Bank of Upper Canada tokens and Austrian 1960s 5 shillings can also be pretty affordable.
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Mussolini did make some nice coins.
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Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
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