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Started by <k>, August 12, 2011, 07:24:36 PM

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Quote from: bart on August 13, 2011, 08:50:53 PM
(note the string with teeth, which was not worn by the monarch, I suppose)

Trust a dentist to notice that, Bart! I had never noticed it myself.  :D
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Scannen0653.jpg

Somewhere in the past, Figleaf mentioned them...  ;)

By the way, I like the crown this fellow is wearing (Bala Rama Varma II of Travancore on a worn chuckram).

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#17
Spain 25 ptas 1975.jpg

Spain, 25 pesetas, 1975.
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#18
Netherlands 25c 1948.jpg

Netherlands, 25c, 1948.
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#19
Luxembourg.jpg

Tiny little Luxembourg can afford TWO crowns.  :o
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#20
Belgium 50ctmes 1994.jpg

Belgium, 50 centimes, 1994.
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#21
Czech Republic 1 crown.jpg

Czech Republic, 1 crown.  Are the Czechs attempting a visual joke?
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#22
crownsm.jpg

Obviously this is not a coin but it has a nice crown on it.

Dale

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#23
Romania 50 bani 1947.jpg

Romania, 1947, 50 bani.  The final year of the Romanian monarchy.
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#24
Here is the imperial crown of Austria. It figures on a large number of Austrian coins.

Peter
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#25
I know I have seen the crown of the holy Roman empire on coins, but if you are looking for them, they hide. Found it on an Austrian pseudo coin, but there must be a better example...

Peter
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#26
Thai coins show a wide variety of crowns, but it is hard to find pictures of any Thai crowns on the net. The one on the left is the most commonly shown crown on today's coins.

Peter
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#27
Nepalese coronation coins (here 10 paisa and 25 rupees of Birendra's coronation) show the Nepalese crown (worn on the picture by Gyanendra).

Nepal, 1000 rupees, 1974.


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Quote from: coffeetime on August 13, 2011, 10:41:16 PM
Czech Republic, 1 crown.  Are the Czechs attempting a visual joke?

Not really. The name of the currency is derived from the Austrian-Hungarian currency used at the time when the Czechoslovak Republic became independent. Since 1890 or so that currency had been the krone (Czech: korun/a) divided into 100 heller (haléř/ů) - in the independent CSR after 1918, those unit names were continued. And they also used them when the CSR became the CSSR, and then the CSFR. Today's Czech Republic still uses the names, although the heller/haléřů coins are not used any more.

As for the crown that you see on the 1 KČ coin, that is a somewhat abstract version of the "Crown of St. Wenceslas" which is still kept in Prague, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Saint_Wenceslas. Since the other Czech coins also show important symbols and buildings from the country, you may consider it to be part of a series.

Another possible reason for using this crown on a coin - but I am only guessing here - is that, during the years of the socialist republic, the lion in the country's coat of arms did not have a crown. Until 1960 the country name was Czechoslovak Republic, and the CoA showed a crowned lion. Then, in the CSSR years (1960-1990) the lion was bareheaded so to say. Afterwards, in the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (CSFR), the lion had a crown again - and kept that after the split of the country. See this page (in English) for more info about the CoA variations.

(Side note: It was similar in Poland - in 1990 the Polish eagle got its crown back even though the country was and is a republic.)

Christian

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#29
Erudite explanation, Christian.  8)

When I asked the question:

"Czech Republic, 1 crown.  Are the Czechs attempting a visual joke?"

I was in a roundabout way wondering whether the word "crown" as a denomination was related to the word denoting a monarch's headgear. If so, then a crown on a crown could be regarded as a visual pun - though I'm sure that is not its primary purpose.  ;)
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