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More #GameOfThrones connections from our coin collection. ? Bears have often been used as symbols of power, courage, might, and virility. This franc coin was minted in Appenzell, Switzerland, (not on Bear Island, the ancestral home of House Mormont). The Appenzell coat of arms, like the House Mormont sigil, features a rearing, ferocious bear. In 1403 Appenzell rebelled and seceded from St. Gallen, another Swiss state. On Appenzell's coat of arms . . . let's just say there is no mistaking the sex of the bear featured. An error by a printer from St. Gallen in 1578 that removed the particular appendage was deemed incredibly insulting, and quite nearly sparked a conflict.
War was avoided after an apology was made and every copy of the offending image was destroyed. It's hard to say what Lady Lyanna Mormont, the current ruler of House Mormont, would think, as she has proven that women can be just as fierce as their male counterparts.

4 Francs, Appenzell, Switzerland, 1816. Want more coins with "Game or Thrones" connections? Send your ravens over to our blog: http://s.si.edu/GameOfThrones

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