Crosses on coins

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Madagascar, 1 franc, 1943. 

The Cross of Lorraine indicates that Madagascar was a French possession at the time.

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 Slovakia and the double cross.

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The Krückenkreuz symbol of the the Dollfuss regime of Austria in the 1930s. Krücken = crutches; Kreuz = cross.

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UK, one pound coin, 1996.

See: Norman Sillman and the 1996 Northern Irish Pound Coin Design

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Malta, 2 mils coin.  Maltese cross.

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UK 50 pence: the Victoria Cross.

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UK 50 pence: the Victoria Cross.

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The Krückenkreuz symbol of the the Dollfuss regime of Austria in the 1930s. Krücken = crutches; Kreuz = cross.

The symbol was actually introduced on coins in the democratic years, before the Austrofascist regime was established in 1933/34. Interestingly it was chancellor Ignaz Seipel, a politician with his own authoritarian ambitions, who suggested this symbol for the 2 and 5 Groschen coins (where they were used as from 1925). Dollfuß adopted the symbol and used it as a semi-official emblem of the country.

We have already seen a "multiple" Swiss cross elsewhere lately, so here is a different multitude of Swiss crosses.   A collector coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Helvetic Republic.

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And since the Swiss cross appears on so many coins from Switzerland, you may at first sight think that this is yet another one. No, this coin commemorates 100 years of the Red Cross. The Swiss cross was the example for the symbol of that organization though. This image and the previous one are from the SNB catalog.

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Malta, 2 euros.

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The most famous Russian coin with a cross - 1 kopek 1720s-30s ("krestovik").

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German occupation of some Western parts of Russia during the 1st World War: 1, 2, 3 kopeks 1916

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Does the swastika count as a cross? In German it is known as a hooked cross (Hakenkreuz). Why a racist such as Hitler used it is something I don't understand, because its origins are in Asia, where it is used as a symbol of the sun. Here it appears on a coin from Sri Lanka.

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Does the swastika count as a cross? In German it is known as a hooked cross (Hakenkreuz). Why a racist such as Hitler used it is something I don't understand, because its origins are in Asia, where it is used as a symbol of the sun. Here it appears on a coin from Sri Lanka.

It's not a cross... It's a Vedic symbol of the aryans of India... Essentially indicating the constant circle of life, death and reincarnation... It also symbolises peace and a few other things, but not the sun afaik

Hitler appropriated it since he needed to give a historical base to his Arian theory. He based his manipulated philosophy on the Aryans of india and their concepts of purity and caste

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It's not a cross... It's a Vedic symbol of the aryans of India...

Not only aryans, not only in India. This symbol was in use in ancient Greece, Roman Empire, ancient Russia, Iran, China, etc.