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In putting these up in the Russian Virtual Coin Museum...

 

http://www.coinpeople.com/b1991-1995-Russi...nt-b-t6760.html

 

 

I thought what a nice subject for a thread. Post whatever you got. Get funky. Go ahead with medals, medallions, colorized stuff, commems, circ issues, whatever is military realated.

 

So here's what I have (besides the Russian WWII commems)....

 

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Okay, I'm game. But, I'm diving into the past. A Celtic warrior of the Pictones, shortly before the Gallic Wars (ca. 60 - 50 BC). He's holding a boar standard and an oblong shield.

 

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Hmm ... now what did I do with that French coin with the soldier frantically waving a white flag ...

 

 

 

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Two from the Battle of Waterloo:

 

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The above is a restrike from 1967 of a medal that technially never was. By the time it was engraved completely everyone commemorated on it was dead. It came to me with oily fingerprints that I haven't had the guts to try to clean yet.

 

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An example of how the winners get to write the history. This guy was nicked in the great battle and he celebrated his bravery by digging up the battlefield and building the famous Lion's Mound. Unfortunately he destroyed the actual landscape to get enough dirt to build the Mound.

 

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The coins of Mozmbique have their national coat of arms on them. An integral part of said coat of arms is an AK-47...

 

Further, some Arabic states have pistols, knives, swords, etc. on their coins.

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