Well, that is one of my least favorite eagles on coins from this country (Federal Republic of Germany) but the design makes sense. After all, the other side is about as bad. The piece, issued in 2002, commemorates 50 years Deutsches Fernsehen; back then there was only this one public network. But the coin was not supposed to celebrate only that one, so the winning design was kind of neutral. Extremely neutral, hehe. And the eagle design followed that TV screen design ... Christian
Another eagle from here that one would not want to see in the air is this one. The coin from 1968 honors the chemist Max von Pettenkofer. Christian
That does not mean, however, that all Federal Republic eagles look strange. In fact, this 2007 piece has an eagle in a quite old fashioned style. In this case that is appropriate, however, as the theme side is similarly traditional and honors Elizabeth of Thuringia/Hungary who lived in the 13th century ... Christian
And what do they have on today's coins? Here is one (image from the central bank's website) with the very same eagle. Most Russian coins issued in the past couple of years have the "eagle logo" that the central bank uses. But those Sochi pieces ... Christian
Eagle eats serpent I think these are the first photos of Mexican coins in this thread. The Mexican eagle likes to eat snake.
German Empire 1 mark German Empire 5 Pfennig German Empire 25 Pfennig German Empire 50 Pfennig German Weimer Repbulic 200000 Mark Did you expect me not to post the best eagle ever? German Federal Republic 5 mark "Screaming Eagle".
I guess everyone is finished posting their eagle coins. I believe that there are nine (9) of these in my collection. All of them are in the 53 to 61 grade range but I cannot find a photo depicting any of the reverse side. You will have to imagine an eagle on the reverse. :devil:
It must be exciting to find these coins that are almost 200 years old. Thank you for posting them. What is the item with the two round (lids?) connected by a short chain?