Elephants

It's a long story but in some short sentences:

My girlfriend ( ) and I have a thing for elephants (another long story) and I just thought of a very nice gift for her. I'd like to start a collection of coins that have elephants on them. I was wondering how I could start an entire collection from square one and I just thought of you, the very nice numista users who have helped me in some other situations  

So I'd like some help starting a new collection about elephants. Could anyone help me?

Thanks a lot  

hey Bennycunha97 i have two right now in swap list. You can have free
Malawi 1996 20 tambali XF

Eritrea 1997 100 cents XF

 And know Somalia have some coins with elephants on them. Have no extra right now
             yours daryl

Search Elephant and it will show you a lot of coins and tokens with them.

Mexico has only a single coin with an elephant... but it is rare as an honest kinh.

 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces69475.html

Whish I had even a replica as it is quite strange design. Was close to becoming our silver bullion coinage.

From Russia ("motherland of elephants"):


 

If you have a few bucks to spend, here are some nice silver ones :)

http://colnect.com/en/coins/list/composition/20-Silver/country/2349-Somalia/series/195036-Bullion_Coinage_-_African_Wildlife

Citação: erdvillaSearch Elephant and it will show you a lot of coins and tokens with them.

Mexico has only a single coin with an elephant... but it is rare as an honest kinh.

 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces69475.html

Whish I had even a replica as it is quite strange design. Was close to becoming our silver bullion coinage.

Wow, that's just bizarre. The miner design is very nice (good to acknowledge the people who are responsible for all bullion products!) and it would be cool if it had ever been produced, but the elephant... surely they could have just chosen an eagle or a jaguar or something?

For cheaper ones you might want to look at Liberian 1 and 2 Cents coins from the 1930´s to 1980`s
Other ones I find nice but a bit more pricey are the Rixdollar and Stiver coins from Ceylonor more modern the Silver Bullion Elephant coins from Gabun. Also nice are antique Roman, Greek... coins with elephants on them

Nalaberong.
Maybe the engraver was recently impressed by the elephant. It is an Asian one, so maybe he went to India, as most elephants in Zoos in America would be Africans at that time.

It is very rare that even paterns don't have the eagle on them. But in fact our first Silver bullion coin didn't had it. But instead of recognizing the miners they recognized the coin press and a scale as that is what clearly is important to them in the priduction chain.

Thanks for the suggestions

I'll start working on my new collection now, and I have to thank numista for the easy swapping process  

Thanks ALLRED, you truly are an amazing collector!

Hi,
I love this one. And not soo expensive, ex.
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/CONGO-BELGE-2-FRANCS-1946-KM-28-/161585170495?pt=FR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde&hash=item259f3a083f

Have fun,
Cheers,

André

Liberia 1 cent 1941.https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12178.html" rel="nofollow"> https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12178.html
and it akso has a low mintage!

Ave bennycunha97,
Hannibal et collectores te salutant

What a cool idea.
 I just searched for coins with elephants here on numista's advanced search and there are 137 circulating coins listed and 195 together with no circulating issues.

My last elephantine acquisition  



Thanks to recommendation of Erdvilla

Citação: FrenchloverMy last elephantine acquisition  



Thanks to recommendation of Erdvilla

Told'ya it was too tempting, be careful as it is easy to go over 100$ by selection cheap sets as you will usually end up with over 10 sets for the combined shipping  

Here goes again if anyone wants a lot of country sets (and spend your allowances):

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-World-/256/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=stampsosaurus

Citação: FrenchloverMy last elephantine acquisition  



Thanks to recommendation of Erdvilla

By the way, it is interesting how I found that guy on eBay. Since I joined Numista I always tried getting the Somaliland Zodiac set, as it is among the "easy" ones to get, I mean they are circulation coins and not silver. But every time I tried getting them from users, they would either reject NGC valuation as it was too low according to them because "the set is complete and hence has to be worth at least x2 what NGC says". So I was basically offering 12$ worth of coins for UNC sets or 18$ for BU ones (NGC valuation). But most users wanted 30 for the 12 coins. It was a downer as I was new and thought maybe the users where either harsh or maybe I was insulting them with the valuations, so I gave up.
Until recently (a month or so ago) when I was digging at eBay for cheap auctions and coins I saw a nice set of coins for another country so I opened it and saw the price was quite nice with respect to the quality, so I clicked in the user id and voilá found him, not long after I saw the zodiac set UNC-BU for 5 dollars! So it wasn't a brainer, and registered shipping was only 3$, but even then I bought some other sets for the combined shipping  

By the way, he still has the Somaliland Zodiac set for sale:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331403086090?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

No wonder he has sold 49 sets, and only has 5 left, so if anyone ever wanted that complete zodiac set should get there ASAP.

Citação: erdvillaBy the way, he still has the Somaliland Zodiac set for sale:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331403086090?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Zambia coins are circulating thanks to the new 2013 monetary reform, that's not the same case for Somaliland coins  

pack of notes equivalent to 50 US$ on 2011  

Citação: 7doktorFrom Russia ("motherland of elephants"):


 

Sorry to dissappoint you, but this is not an elephant, this is a mammoth.

Citação: scceda

Citação: 7doktorFrom Russia ("motherland of elephants"):


 

Sorry to dissappoint you, but this is not an elephant, this is a mammoth.

OK cap.  It's just unshaven and brutal elephant lost in Siberia