Chains on coins

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UK, 2 pounds, 2007.

Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807.

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Slovenia, 5 tolar, 1995.

50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

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UK penny, 1971 and 1982.

Portcullis and chains, symbol of the House of Commons.

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An Austrian eagle breaking its chains.

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An Austrian eagle breaking its chains.

That is actually the Austrian federal eagle, introduced in 1945: an eagle with a mural crown at the top, and the Austrian shield (red-white-red) in the middle. In its feet (claws?), a hammer and a sickle, and the broken chain. Most parts had already been in use between 1919 (End of WW1/First Republic) and 1934 (Austrofascism/End of First Rep.) - the mural crown, the sickle and the hammer represent the three social classes. When the federal eagle was re-introduced after WW2, it also got the broken chain, as a symbol of the '45 liberation.

Austria does not use that eagle on its modern coins though; the 10 schilling piece had it until 1998/2001. There is no euro coin with it, except for a proof-only €20 collector piece from 2003, I think. The broken chain, without the eagle, shows up on a €10 coin commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Second Republic - see here http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,16134.msg111852.html#msg111852 ...

Christian

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Here is the wing of a German eagle (basically the same eagle design as on the value side), held or rather constrained by a chain. That coin was issued in 1994 and commemorates, in a narrower sense (text at bottom) the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler in 1944, and in a broader sense (text at top) the Germans who opposed the nazi regime before and after that date.

Oh, and -- does the depiction of a chain reaction count too?

Christian

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On the Spanish coat of arms, there are some chains in relation to Kingdom of Navarre, so you can see them on many coins. Just a pair of quick examples :

km797 100 Pesetas (1966) Francisco Franco silver


km825 50 Pesetas (1982-1984)

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UK, 2 pound coin, 2006.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer.

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That would be the 2003 Nachkriegszeit.
Dale

...Austria does not use that eagle on its modern coins though; the 10 schilling piece had it until 1998/2001. There is no euro coin with it, except for a proof-only €20 collector piece from 2003, I think...
Christian

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You are right, of course. Thanks for posting the info and that image! Also, I suppose that the eagle with its attributes will hardly ever show up on future Austrian collector coins. The €5 coins have the the CoAs of the states, and the others have an issue-specific design on each side ...

Christian

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I don't chase after proof coins or collector coins. Well usually not but I like the design well enough to buy in in 2003.

The chain is pretty small but still there.

I am pretty sure with wing feathers like that depicted it couldn't fly 

Dale

You are right, of course. Thanks for posting the info and that image! Also, I suppose that the eagle with its attributes will hardly ever show up on future Austrian collector coins. The €5 coins have the the CoAs of the states, and the others have an issue-specific design on each side ...

Christian

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Mexico. Piece of chain in his left hand.

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United States Fugio Cent

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Cape Verde, 250 escudos, 2013.

Pan-Africanism commemorative.

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Malawi, 10 kwacha, 1974.

Tenth anniversary of independence.