Anyone have any coins featuring castles, buildings, bridges, or other landmarks that they have actually visited?

I'm not sure if I do but I will find out

Yup. All the buildings on the back of the US coins, been there. Very nice places I might add

Yellowstone. That's all, I think.

Ahh yes, I've been to Lincoln's memorial


Not to Monticello, there might be another one I've seen. I suppose if one counts Earth on the Ike's that would qualify

Lets see... I went to the Lincoln Memorial = US Cent and $5

Ive been to The White House = US $20

Ive been to the US Capitol Building = US $50

Thats what I can think of right now.

-Bobby

Forgot about the bills. Been there too.

I've been there!

That's a good question. Now I have to look at all my coins from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Russia, Canada.

Does this count?



I made it myself.

most of the coins from the places i've been don't have any major landmarks worth visiting, (flowers, numbers, palms), but the banknotes are a different story.

borrowing from the banknote museum, i've seen the pictured landmarks on these following notes:
bahrain - gold souk gate, grand mosque
italy - triton fountain, st. peter's basilica
korea - kyongbuk palace (the lake is overflowing with koi!)

Ohoho!
Moscow: I've visited almost all buildings, stadiums, museums shown in the commems
Kiev: idem
Leningrad: idem
Tallin;
Riga,
Frankfurt am Main
Nurnberg,
Munchen,
Augsburg,
Wien,
Budapest,
Praha (Prague)
Bratislava,
Istanbul,
Belgrade
Unfortunately my album is full of pictures for PCI contest, but maybe I will put some coins on Omnicoin...
Next on the list is Paris (maybe next year in honeymoon...)

Weren't you supposed to use a penny?

I've been to these places...






...as well as the place on my avatar.

Tiff and I have been there (at different times).

Niagara Falls

Does this count?

I have been here and I am going here again in less than 2 weeks.


borrowed from akdrv. I have the same coin, but his is nicer.

Inflation.

Sure I've been to many places depicted on coins that I have. But the only coin (AFAIR) that I bought at the place which is shown on the coin is the US 1991 Mt Rushmore Half Dollar. Certainly not a bargain but a nice souvenir ...

Christian

Been there, but I got there too late to go inside.

I've also have been to the cent and the 1986 silver dollar,

Not counting state quarters, I have been to the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, the US Capitol, Mt. Rushmore, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Smithsonian.

It's time for a trip in Europe!

I've been to Europe, but none of the coins I brought back have places on them!

Lincoln Memorial
U.S. Capitol Building
Library of Congress

Basel, Switzerland, Airport
(have silver jeton commem.)

Mostly, I am waiting for the world's Mintmasters to commemorate the places I have been, rather than my going to the places they think of.

New York City has everything from The Empire State Building to the Brooklyn Bridge, including the Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Park Avenue, Greenwich Village, etc., etc.

Kennedy Space Center.

Chicago Museum of Science and Industry

Hunting Morrell Mushrooms from Harrison, Michigan

(much more, but not so interesting... )

Here's one i've been to a couple of times.

Mais c'est une pièce française, hein?


Christian

haha, Ive been there too, but the ones I have, have the city and state..oohhhh

Oui c'est vrai. But it still fits the original posters question "Anyone have any coins featuring castles, buildings, bridges, or other landmarks that they have actually visited?"

I've also been to L'Arc du Triomphe, Parthenon, Alhambra (other coins in the same series)

Have not seen the Parthenon yet, but the Alhambra coin is great as well. (Well, the Lions Court is gorgeous ...). From the monuments in that series I have been to Big Ben, the Arc de Triomphe, Rock of Cashel, and probably a few others. But I find the side with the face value to be a little boring, so I got very few pieces (actually two) only.

Christian

The Akkerman Fortress on the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 2500 Anniversary commem from Ukraine.

I've never been to the Rock of Cashel, nor have I been to numerous other locations in that series. I have however seen Wenzel's Wall first hand. I also visited the `Tour de Belem' in Lisbon when I was twelve years old (during a school trip) . my memories of it are a bit vague to non existent. I also managed to see St. Mark's in Venice about fifteen years ago, but only from the outside. There may very well be a lot of culture and art in Venice but it's not a place that would be top of my list to return to.

I agree with your findings concerning the common reverse (at least I call it that for simplicities sake). It is rather uninspired, dull and boring, but the obverses usually make up for that. The one for the Channel Tunnel is of course the exception that proves the rule.

Ian

Just visited Toompea the other day:

Cool.

And I've been there in 1987!