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Discussion in 'World Coins' started by lonegunlawyer, Nov 29, 2012.

  1. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Whether she qualifies as beautiful or not, only the observer can decide, but Fanny Janauschek, the Czech actress who posed as "Francofurtia" for this coin, called by some the "Rothschild love taler" because Nathan Rothschild is popularly supposed to have had an affair with her, was certainly very popular in her time, even in the USA, where she acted for some years after learning English in quicktime.
     

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  3. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

    A young beaver....
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  4. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    3 x Marianne plus 1 Ceres

    Here are 3 different versions of Marianne. I've posted the 1905 20 Franc piece before, but still think it one of the prettiest coins ever. And for Art Nouveau fans here is the 1933 20 Franc piece.

    And I like the 1851 Ceres too (only struck for a few years).
     

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  5. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Not sure whether Janauschek was a beauty, but she must have been a good actress. (Here is a portrait by Arnold Böcklin; she was 32 then.) The term "Rothschild Love Dollar", not really used much here but mostly in the US, came up because of those Rothschild rumors (see here). For a while some claimed, based on a possibly antisemitic misinterpretation of the "signature", that the woman depicted was the actress Anna von Nordheim, and that she had "something" with Rothschild. No idea about his affairs - except that the name refers to the designer August von Nordheim. :)

    PS: Here is Francofurtia again, on an award medal from around 1910. Not Janauschek but looks good ...

    Christian
     
  6. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Young Victoria

    Here are a few more young-head Victorias, where I think she can qualify as pretty. The mature heads are impressive as coins, but the portraits can in no way qualify as beautiful.
     

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  7. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    ... and Queen Anne has a certain charm

    in this 1709 Shilling.
     

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  8. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Milda: ideal of Latvian beauty

    Here is the 5 Lati coin struck from 1929 to ca. 1934? Zelma Brauere, a proof-reader at the State Securities Commission noted for her beauty, modelled "Milda", the idealized Latvian maiden. This coin was much prized during the long dark years of first Nazi, then Soviet occupation, as an icon of free Latvia.
     

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  9. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Maria Theresia

    Once again, everyone must decide for him/herself whether she should be regarded as beautiful or not, but the original coin was so popular the Austrians restruck it on and off for decades. Interestingly, it was enormously popular in Eritrea, so much so that the Italian occupiers figured they could do that too and brought out the "Tallero" pictured below.
     

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  10. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Very nice design indeed. Milda even had a comeback this year, on a collector coin which is basically a 2012 copy of the original piece. Here is more information, from the central bank, about the old and new design. This is a large image of Milda's head.

    And by the way, Latvia still plans to introduce the euro in 2014. While I do not know how realistic that is, they plan to put "Milda" on the €1 and €2 circulation coins.

    Christian
     
  11. brg5658

    brg5658 Well-Known Member

    That may be so, but the coin is properly called the "Winged Liberty Dime". The bust depicted is that of a female Miss Liberty, with a phrygian cap with wings (to symbolize freedom of thought). It is only colloquially referred to as the "Mercury Dime", and does not depict Mercury.
     
  12. midas1

    midas1 Exalted Member

    French medals:

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  13. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    I don't like getting slapped by 1950's television stars ghosts anymore. Those images are not posted here on CT.
     
  14. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Well, that Maja Desnuda coin was issued by the Spanish Mint (10,000 pesetas 1996). It's pretty big, by the way, diameter about 7 cm. Goya's painting, which the piece basically depicts, can be visited at the Prado museum in Madrid, along with the Maja Vestida. That museum is, gasp, open to the public. ;)

    Christian
     
  15. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Love those French medals...particularly the one on the right.
     
  16. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

  17. princeofwaldo

    princeofwaldo Grateful To Be eX-I/T!

    Tap out and quit the sport forever...,
     
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  19. princeofwaldo

    princeofwaldo Grateful To Be eX-I/T!

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    Aphrodite medal was struck by Anton Bovy as an apprentice to James Pradier in Paris. Pradier was the Michael Jordan of the sculpture salons in Paris back in the 1830s. Bovy's piece was struck at Studio Pradier around 1828. Extremely rare medal, only a few dozen known of which most are in museums. Bovy went on to become the most prolific die sinker in Swiss history, creating most of the Swiss shooting taler designs of the 19th century. But his real early work when he wasn't being commissioned is far and away the very best in my opinion.
     
  20. princeofwaldo

    princeofwaldo Grateful To Be eX-I/T!

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    An attractive coin in gold, but a real knock-out in silver.
     
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