The Bearded Lady, from the Austrian Mint

The Golden Conchita isn't what you think at first glance. It's gilt lol
Any other bearded lady coins?

 

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Exonumia, but related somehow lol


http://hyperallergic.com/159598/master-miniaturist-mints-pop-culture-portraits-on-coins/

 

Here's hoping the answer is "no." That's kinda creepy looking!

 

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This will give me and other children nightmares!

 

Kind of makes me think of Ursula from Little Mermaid

 

Looks better then the susan b anthony dollar!

 

Thankyou. I was going to down some Milk of Magnesia but that cleared everything up smartly.

 

FWIW, Conchita Wurst (Tom Neuwirth) won last year's Eurovision Song Contest. And this year's ESC starts on Tuesday. The Austrian Mint currently does a Gustav Klimt series of gold coins, and it made and sells this medal (as Del Pinto wrote, not a gold piece) as a fundraiser for the Aids Life campaign.

Christian

 

Presumably this event, tonight in Vienna.


I guess the coins are souvenirs, 88 Euros.

 

That is the drag-queen Divine from some of John Waters' films

 

Gross! And no, I'm not homophobic or anything but I'll collect my coins without bearded ladies or men in drag with beards. I'm sure they'd sell very well in San Francisco tho.

 

Side note: The Conchita Wurst pieces are medals, not coins. The Austrian Mint designed and markets the pieces, but they have no face value and cannot be exchanged/redeemed at the central bank. The idea to have him post like Adele Bloch-Bauer is interesting though.

Christian