thedeadpoint Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Hello to the Dark Side, I want to provoke a little debate and a lot of discussion. Which nation has, historically (pre-Euro), the best regarded coin designs? I want to see lots of bias and no diplomatic answers! As always, post pics if you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Austria. I've always enjoyed their coins, especially the commemorative type issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 French Republic. Roty rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleKitty Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Myself, I'm partial to the Australian coinage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Early 20th century Italian coinage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 I'd say, but then again not sure if I want to pique the interest of others and have a bunch of new collectors swimming in the same waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 french. always seems to have designs that match the period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 I'd say, but then again not sure if I want to pique the interest of others and have a bunch of new collectors swimming in the same waters. Obviously, you're a big fan of everything Swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_idk Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 My favourites are: talking about Euro-countries Commemorative Austrian coins; Kingdom of Italy other countries Commemorative soviet coins; imperial russians british predecimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Obviously, you're a big fan of everything Swedish! Have you seen the stuff they pass off as coins in Finnyland? No wonder Sisu loves the Svedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Obviously, you're a big fan of everything Swedish! . . .No wonder Sisu loves the Svedes Talk about below the belt! You two are really trying to force my hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I don't know if these count, but the coins from medieval Serbia and Bosnia had some beautiful and interesting designs. Here are a few examples. SERBIAN EMPIRE~AR Horseback Dinar 1346-1355 AD SERBIA (DESPOTATE)~AR Aspra 1427-1456 AD BOSNIA (KINGDOM)~AR Dinar 1461-1463 AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Talk about below the belt! You two are really trying to force my hand. There were a hundred Svedes a runnin, an' one Finn doing the chasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have always considered the coins and banknotes of the Netherlands to be tiny works of art. Closely followed by Switzerland, France, Great Britain and Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I have always considered the coins and banknotes of the Netherlands to be tiny works of art. Closely followed by Switzerland, France, Great Britain and Italy. Move along folks, nothing to see in Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Anything with intricate shield designs, or double headed eagles with swords... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 I'm liking that reverse! I love a great shield design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Modern coins, then well it's got to be Switzerland for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Modern coins, then well it's got to be Switzerland for me. For European coins, that is also my feeling. The circulation pieces, commems, bullion, etc are overall very nice. As my personal interest lies in 19th/20th century Central American coins, (and to a fair extent South American as well) it would be Guatemala and Peru for me. The former has a relatively short history in coinage, but I like almost all of it. The one weak point for me is Bartolome: while perhaps a worthy figure, the image is not necessarily the most eye catching. Peru has a gorgeous series of coins as well, though I could do without the occasional appearance of Tupac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 German colonial era coins are my dream coins. But because some of them are untouchable for me, my response here is: British predecimal coins. Superb examples of the Imperial strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Poland. Take a look at coin designs related to national pride during the People's Republic era, and ones related to the Communist state, and tell me they weren't still fighting the Soviet takeover. The Marie Skłodowska Curie, Copernicus, and Jagiellonian University issues are still among my favorites -- the Curie coin is especially dramatic: Now here's the silver anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, one of my perennial nominees for Ugly Coin By Design: Obverse and Reverse. I don't have one of these monstrosities in my collection yet. Between the wars, there was a definite elegance to Polish coinage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian2 Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Although most european countries have at some time produced some superb designs on coins, in the end my favourite designs have to be the British coins from around late 1700s to about 1930s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Although most european countries have at some time produced some superb designs on coins, in the end my favourite designs have to be the British coins from around late 1700s to about 1930s Heck, there was a time even us Yanks had beautiful money -- imagine reaching into your pocket and pulling out a Walker, a couple SLQs... or if you were really well off, a St Gaudens double eagle. You could almost go decade by decade that way, really. 1860s and/or 1890s British (have to include both the Gothic florins and the final Victoria bust, yaknow), 1920s American (lessee, Wheatie, Buffalo, Merc, Standing and Walking Libs, one last Morgan and then the 'new' Peace, plus those great incuse quarter and half eagles, and the St Gaudens pieces of pocket art -- I can't think of a way to improve on that), 1960s Polish, 1980s West German commemorative ... it's just a question of who had the hot hand in the engraving shop in any particular decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Good response, ikaros. That would be a fun poll. Ideally, we'd have examples of all the major coins made during each period for the poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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