The scythe and the sickle on coins

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Scythe vs sickle.jpg
Left: scythe.    Right: sickle.

The sickle has a more rounded blade - sometimes almost semi-circular - than a scythe.
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Luxembourg 1 franc 1939.jpg

Luxembourg, 1 franc, 1939.
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Czechoslovakia 1 koruna 1938.jpg

Czechoslovakia, 1 koruna, 1938.
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Czechoslovakia 20 haleru 1921.jpg

Czechoslovakia, 20 haleru, 1921.
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USSR, 1 rouble, 1922.

The hammer and sickle were notoriously the symbol of Soviet communism and other Marxist countries.


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Danish West Indies 1 cent 1905.jpg

Danish West Indies, 1 cent / 5 bit, 1905.

Sickle at centre.
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Ethiopia, 50 santeem, 1977.

The woman at the far right is holding a sickle.
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Austria, 25 schilling, 1926.


Surprisingly, the hammer and sickle appeared on many Austrian coins.
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Romania 1 leu 1914.jpg

Romania, 1 leu, 1914.

The young woman is carrying a sickle in her belt.
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Poland 5 zloty 1925.jpg

Poland, 5 zloty, 1925.  4th Anniversary of the March Constitution.

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Germany 3 Reichsmark 1928.jpg

Germany, 3 Reichsmark, 1928.

1000th Anniversary of the Founding of Dinkelsbühl.


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Chile 50c 1905.jpg

Chile, 50 centavos, 1905.


A hammer and sickle on a Chilean coin.
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Quote from: <k> on June 03, 2022, 04:57:03 PMSurprisingly, the hammer and sickle appeared on many Austrian coins.

The socialists were an important part of the movement that turned Austria from an empire into a republic. The origin of socialism is communism. However, a series of schisms in the second half of the 19th century in a large number of countries separated far left communism from mainstream socialism. The symbolism here is from the socialist party, the social democrats, whose ranks delivered the first president of the republic (Kanzler), Karl Rennner. This was part of a successful political campaign to stop the communists from taking over.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.