Let's see some coins with ugly mugs

Paul von Hindenburg had a mug only his mother could love. Fortunately, I just sold this one!

 

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A very fascinating character from aviation history and a brilliant person - just not overly attractive:



Dr. Hugo Eckener was the head of Zeppelin Reederei from just prior to WWI until the end of the programme in 1937. He oversaw a programme that was the safest means of transportation until he was largely sidelined after 1936 - he had been against the politicizing of the Zeppelin company by the National Socialists. This medal commemorates the first east west transatlantic flight by the LZ-126 which was delivered to the US Navy at Lakehurst, New Jersey and subsequently became the USS Los Angeles.

 

Geezers, every single coin in this thread fell off the ugly tree and broke every branch on the way down. Did I mention the tree in question is a California Redwood??

 

No, her husband's cooperation was required. But they have two sons, and several grandchildren. Margrethe was 60 when that design was first used. The design since 2011 is this: http://www.kgl-moent.dk/C125712A00282B66/sysOakGraphic/Nyeste_10/$File/10_nyeste.jpg Looks OK to me.

Here is a coin (not a circulation piece but a commem though) which I both like and dislike. It honors Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president (1946-56) of Finland. On one hand I think that the coin (image: worldcoingallery) has a very attractive design, on the other hand - well, it sure is not flattering.

Christian

 

Holy uglies Batman! Most of my coin collection has the obverse facing forward (duh). Not so with Britannias and Canadian Wildlife. Three guesses why, and the first two don't count.

 

I know where you're coming from, but we shouldn't complain too much. Cause after her then we'll have this.

 

It's especially poignant considering how pretty the earlier decades were on their coinage. There's a time to turn it over to the princess, says this Yank.

 

Though technically it's a medallion, this one jumped out at me when I stumbled upon it today and I just had to dig up the ugly coin thread:

 

Lil Kim's BFF!

 

This dude is real ugly. This is old Leopold the Hog Mouth. I do not think many would have called him that to his face, but, that is a name that has stuck with him through the centuries.

 

Now comon' not Gandhi, you can't do that to Gandhi...I will be starving my self until this pic is removed from the ugly mug thread....

Not really...i have to eat *a lot* to keep my figure...

 

Ecuador 1 sucre: That guy just freaks me out.
Italy 20 centesemi: When royalty turns ugly.
Iraq 5 dinars: I know it's currency but I just had to post it.

 

This guy could be the Doppelgänger for my old MSc thesis supervisor, Dr. Paul Karrow, University of Waterloo, Ontario!! Here he is after his retirement 2009 (I graduated in 2001, my thesis can be seen on the shelf behind him).

 

Just out of curiosity, is there any language other than English that uses this "nickname"? In German for example the term "Habsburg Lip" is relatively common, but that's about it ...

Christian

 

The Prussian side of my family did call Leopold a Hog Mouth, and I will not say what my grandfather called the Hapsburg's. Not all Germans called Leopold that, but I know my grandparents did.

 

Tsk tsk. Well, the German Wikipedia has an article about "the lip" http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburger_Unterlippe but they don't use that bad word either, hehe. It sure is quite characteristic though.

Here is another coin which I find strange. It commemorates Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (100th birth anniversary); the image below is from the German Wikipedia article. Now Dönhoff was probably not what one would call a beauty, but that "silhouette" style portrait is not very realistic in my opinion ...

Christian

 

All quite ugly mugs!

 

I got you all beat. mother Theresa eeeeewwwwww lol


where's my prize ? lol