never posted this before.... 1840-B AV 80 reales

I picked this up from Bertolami Fine Arts auction back in 2015.

AV 80 Reales (De Vellon) design
Barcelona Mint
Queen Isabella II 1833-68
Spain

 

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Why do they always choose to put an ugly person on a beautiful gold coin?

 

I agree that is one ugly woman I like the coin design but that woman really kills it

 

Cause that's how the guys liked their Women back in the day .

 

It happens when royal lineages are "preserved"

 

The portrait actually looks pretty good compared to real life.
I thought she was the depressed one, but that was Maria the Mad of Portugal.
Anyway, a beautiful and historically interesting coin above.


The only coin of her I have a photo of is a 2.5 centimos.

 

If you think her bust is ugly,
How about João VI

or his highness, the potato king Augustus III

or our good'ol George III? seriously he looks like the Great grandson of the emperor Vitellius!

Atleast I'm glad the artists made an idealized gold mask of king Tut, otherwise I wouldn't have kept the actual bust of the him as my avatar.

 

If you think that's ugly, take a look at Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, who displays a prominent jawline associated with inbreeding.


Image courtesy of Numista


http://www.antiquesatoz.com/habsburg/habsburg-jaw.htm

 

Cool coin. Spain 1840 B, KM#578.3 , .8750 gold, weight- 6.77 g. or .1905oz. , not sure what the mintage is ???

 

Isabella would rate a "3" on the beauty scale/ not in the same league as Melania Trump