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The crossed keys also count.


@sel_69l: You have a point there!!

You can define it as:
Allegory, from the Greek " figuratively ", is a literary figure or artistic theme, which aims to represent an idea using human forms, animals, and / or everyday objects .

The coats of arms always have some kind of allegory, it is part of their essence I think. Like the crossed keys in the coat of arms of the Vatican, or the hammer and sickle in the one of the USSR.

When I thought about this post I focused on human representations or mythological beings, in any way any allegory is welcome, although generally when it is of everyday objects it needs a more explicit explanation of what they represent.
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1981 Italy
L.100
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1976 Canada
100 dollars


@Dorado: Wow ... nice and massive gold coin of the XXI Olympic games.
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Do US Mint issued medals count?


@jbuck: Of course, feel free to post the allegories you want
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More Britannias:

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Italy
10 Lire - 1927 R, Silver

Allegorical figure of Italy, mounted standing in a biga (chariot with 2 horses), in the left hand she holds the fasces (fascio littorio) and in her right hand the reins.

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Okay.

2016 US Liberty Silver Medals

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Another nice allegory of "The Republic", this time from Cuba.
ABC Peso 1939 - Silver


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