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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 7705782, member: 69089&quot;]These just in from [USER=13307]@stldanceartist[/USER] aka Benjamin... commemorative 2 euro coins featuring Neuschwanstein castle in the Bavarian Alps. I toured the castle on one of my visits to Germany, but this particular coin was not one I was able to find at the time and bring home with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322087[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably Germany’s most photographed castle, Neuschwanstein was built by “Mad King” Ludwig II of Bavaria, and was the inspiration for the fairy tale castles at Disney amusement parks.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s my photo on the left, and a stock photo on the right taken from the same angle as the coin image:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322088[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And just to prove I was really there <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, a photo from earlier in the day of our group bike tour of the valley below the castle, with a stop (of course!) at the local biergarten…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322089[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As with all modern mass-produced coinage, these have little numismatic value to speak of, but much like state quarters they can still be fun to collect. If you have a 2 Euro commem you’d like to share, post it up. And if it has a story behind it, all the better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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