13. Crown

Coin collectors like gifts. This is a Silver Wreath Type Crown, 1928. The Wreath Crown design by Kruger Gray was much admired and the type design continued in succeeding years at the request of the Bank of England who liked to stock them at Christmas time to present to good clients, hence why the mintages were always quite small for the normal currency pieces.

14. Herod

Coin of Herod the Great from Judea. Anchor design/ corucopias

There are several Kings called Herod in the bible and all got a bad press.

15. Hens

According to the song "On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me three French hens" 1928 Irish penny with hen and chicks, designed by Percy Metcalfe

16. Shepherds and sheep

Medallion commemorating the death of Charles I. Obverse: Bust of Charles I (right). Legend: 'CAROL . D . G . M . B . F . ET . H . REX & GLOR . MEM.' Reverse: From a cloud (left) a hand holding a celestial crown over a landscape with sheep feeding without a shepherd. Legend: 'VIRTVT. EX . ME . FORTVNAM . EX . ALIJS' (seek virtue from me, fortune from others).

© The Trustees of the British Museum. The first visitors to the baby were shepherds. In bible times shepherds were considered untrustworthy and it was a job nobody wanted as it was dangerous, hard work and unpleasant.

17. Wise men

DANZIG, New Year, 1635, a cast silver-gilt medal by S. Dadler, Jesus holding orb, surrounded by clouds, IESVS SEIN WORT, etc, legend in two lines, rev. EIN REINER GLAVB, etc, the Three Wise Men bearing gifts attend Jesus. A lot of virtual ink has been spilt on the web about who the wise men or magi were.

18. Drink and Temperance

Numismatists need to drink plenty during the holiday. The Temperance Movement was popular in the Nineteenth century to combat the problems caused by alcoholism. Cheers!

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
2024 ADVENT COIN CALENDAR, PART ONE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n48a22.html)
2024 ADVENT COIN CALENDAR, PART TWO(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n49a22.html)