World buildings on coins - post a couple here!

Taiwan
Shows the Presidential Office Building.

 

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This is the Japan coin which ikandiggit also posted.
It depicts the Phoenix Hall / Temple

 

Your Montreal Bank Token is great. It looks MS66 Brown. The example I was going to post is lame in comparison.

 

I could not locate this Syrian building in any photograph on the Internet. Most of the buildings depicted on the Internet are much more interesting than the building depicted on this coin.

There is one interesting detail in this Syrian coin. The number 25 in the circle appears quite different as you view the coin at different angles. Sorry it doesn’t show well in this dead-on photo.

 

South Africa 5 Shillings 1960
Union Buildings, Pretoria

 

Please excuse the horrible picture quality(camera phone)

1934 Germany 5 RM
Potsdam Garrison Church

 

The Potsdam Garrison Church goes right out to the very edge of the coin. It is a silver coin. Mine is dated 1935.

 

When I spotted this one from one of my French Connections, I just had to have it. I call it my Get Out of Jail Free medal.

Chris

 

Some really old buildings in Egypt



Egypt 5 Piastres 1984

 

Don't think so. The middle tower may be a reference to the old cathedral (torn down in the early 19c), and the other two symbolize the fortified free city. But since the seal (and basically the CoA) of the city is pretty old, from the 12th or 13th century, it is hard to tell whether the depicted towers represent something that actually existed or not.

By the way, on the German series of €2 commems (kinda like the US state quarters) every state is represented by an important building. For Hamburg it was St. Michael's church:


The current one, honoring the state of Bremen, features the city hall and state parliament and, in front, the "Roland" which represents the free status of the Hanse city.


The two coins have the same size of course. Both Hamburg and Bremen are "city states", by the way. The state of Bremen consists of two cities only; Hamburg is both a city and a state.

The Cologne cathedral was already depicted on a 5 DM commem in 1980. It will also be on the North Rhine Westphalia "state twoer" next year. NW is the most populous state in Germany (almost 18 million), and Cologne is the state's biggest city ...

Christian

 

Trajan
AR – denarius, 20mm
Rome, 115 AD
Laureate bust r., drapery on far shoulder
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
Trajan’s column with two eagles at base
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
RIC 293

 

Hello Buffalonickel86,

It may not be obvious to some that you have posted two different 25 Peseta coins from Spain (not obv & rev of the same coin).

The 1992 shows the Tower of Gold in Seville. The 1997 shows a two towered building from someplace else.

 

Hello Buffalonickel86,

It may not be obvious to some that you have posted two different 25 Peseta coins from Spain (not obv & rev of the same coin).

The 1992 shows the Tower of Gold in Seville. The 1997 shows a two towered building from someplace else.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Another one from Spain: The €2 commem featuring the Mezquita/Cathedral in Córdoba, issued earlier this year.


(Image: numiscollect.eu)

Christian

 

Minar-e-Pakistan on this FAO 2 paisa.

 

Glad someone posted a better picture.....My favorite coin of all time, it took some time and patience but I finally have collected around 30 of these beauties

 

Where is that located?

 

The Trajan Column is in central Rome; I am not sure however whether this is it. Problem is, the Marcus Aurelius Column looks very similar ...

Christian

 

I think you're right, I probably pasted the wrong image in! You can enter "Trajan's Column, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome Italy" in Google Maps to see it. Here's a huge panoramic: