Warfare, combat, and the military

[Bimat]

Canada $2 (2016): 75th Anniversary of Battle of the Atlantic



Aditya

[<k>]

The cannon of the Ince battery appeared on the reverse of the Gibraltarian two pound coins of 2002 and 2003.

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New Zealand, 1 shilling, 1947.  Maori warrior performing ceremonial war dance.

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Alderney, 2 pounds, 1994.  Anniversary of the Normandy invasion.

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St. Helena and Ascension, 50 pence, 1994. 

50th anniversary of the Normandy Landing.

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Switzerland, 5 francs, 1936.  Confederation Armament Fund.

Image courtesy of World Coin Gallery.

[gpimper]

<k>, that is a cool coin.  I've never seen that one.

[<k>]

Yes, not what you would usually expect from peaceful Switzerland.

[gpimper]

Well, that is a sweet coin...if you happen to come by an extra let me know :-)

[quaziright]

I was quite fortunate to get the D Day toonie coin for face value during my clubs monthly meeting from a fellow member. It's quite a lovely coin. I got the non coloured one, but the colour with the green helmet and the D-Day/ Le jour J in red looks very striking

[<k>]

Paraguay, 1 guarani, 1978. Soldier.

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In 1993 the Paraguayan 1 guaraní coin was minted in brass-plated steel instead of stainless steel.

1993 saw the final issue of the 1 guaraní coin.

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Philippines, 5 piso, 2014.  Leyte Gulf Landing, 1944.

From Wikipedia:

The Battle of Leyte Gulf is considered to have been the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, from 23–26 October 1944, between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. As part of the invasion of Leyte, which aimed to isolate Japan from the countries it had occupied in Southeast Asia which were a vital source of industrial and oil supplies.

This was the first battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out organized kamikaze attacks, and the last naval battle between battleships in history. The Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses and never sailed in comparable force thereafter, stranded for lack of fuel in their bases for the rest of the war, and were therefore unable to affect the successful Allied invasion of Leyte.

[<k>]

Russia, 10 rubles, 2014.  'Reunification of Crimea.'

Russian propaganda coins.

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Ukraine, 10 hryvnia, 2018.  Defenders of Donetsk Airport.