Most Beautiful Foreign Coins?

I've been looking at the 2006 1 oz silver Britannia coin and can't help thinking how beautiful the reverse is. (However, I could do without Her Majesty on the obverse.) I also like the 2006 silver Mexican Libertad. Very nice.
So I wonder... What do you all think are the most beautiful coins out there?

 

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rather fond of the simple elegant 10 Prutah of Israel

 

Drusus,all the early Israeli coins have a very strong influence from some ancient Judean coins.The coins that are denominated above 100 Prutot are very difficult to find.

Aidan

 

http://www.tribalsoup.com/cache/israel01.htm

http://www.tribalsoup.com/cache/israel03.htm

http://www.tribalsoup.com/cache/israel02.htm

When I post Israeli coins I post them with comparisons to the ancient coins the are made to resemble.

 

I've always liked this series from Latvia.A very pretty coin.

 

wow, that IS a super sharp coin Mik...time to add another one to the 'to get' list...I have seen the coin before and certainly the photoghaph does it justice...this is the one I have seen, doesnt seem quite as sharp.



goes to show how much the photo can play in bringing out the beauty in a coin.

 

My favorite is the design on the 1932-1934 Poland 2, 5 and 10 Zlotych coins.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/acpopp/Rondom/5zlotych.jpg

 

Beautiful sehkmet!!
Here is another one I've always liked..not worth much but it had a cool design.
Oh yeah...and this one from Hungary..love it !

 

Hello,
I like very much the UK Gothic Victoria crown, and the french 100 francs Cochet

Cucumbor

 

I'm very impressed with the variety and beauty of the coins you've all come up with. I don't know alot about non-US coins, so I'm getting an education.
Thanks

 

So Mikjo, what is that Elizabeth II coin? There's not much to go on from the photo. What do you know about it?

 

I reckon that the Krugerrand & its fractionals are among the most beautiful of British Commonwealth coin designs.Coert Steynburg's pronking springbok design was first used on the 1947 Royal Visit 5 Shillings,but was also used on 5/- & 50c. crowns until 1964.

Aidan.

 

@craigbean: the Elizabeth II coin is the Silver Jubilee Crown, issued in 1977 for her silver jubilee as queen of the United Kingdom. As Great Britain changed to a decimal pound in 1970, it is in fact a 25 pence-coin, a crown being 1/4 of a pound.
It was issued in both copper-nickel and silver.

 

My vote goes to the British trade dollar. classic.

 

I myself like the simplicity of a good calligraphy, like the 10 or 25 cents of Willem I of the Netherlands.

 

where can i find the information about the bigning of the use of money

 

Better with age

 

Here's a pretty good place to start.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/worldofmoney/index.html

 

MikJo that is stunning it realy is :bow: :bow:

De Orc

 

Yarm, that's an absolutely beautiful piece. Roughly what would something like that run if I wanted to add one to my collection?

Fish