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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 600842, member: 39&quot;]In the European Union we have Europa on the Bull (Zeus) on several coins - one &quot;regular&quot; piece and a couple of regional collector coins. On the Greek €2 circulation coin she does not look all that elegant, but keep in mind that the &quot;pill&quot; (central part) has a diameter of about 18 mm only.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8574.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Source: ec.europa.eu)</p><p><br /></p><p>On a Belgian collector coin from 2004 the scene looks like this:</p><p><img src="http://www.muenzauktion.com/krogoll/pic/0705_belg_10eu_2004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Source: muenzauktion.com)</p><p><br /></p><p>To celebrate the 2004 Salvador Dalí Year, the Spanish Mint (FNMT-RCM) issued several collector coins in 2003. Links only; if you find Dalí&#039;s works &quot;offensive&quot;, don&#039;t click.</p><p><a href="http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/plata_leda_alta.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/plata_leda_alta.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/plata_leda_alta.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/cincuentin_alta.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/cincuentin_alta.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.fnmt.es/content/imagenes/mmcc/04/dali/cincuentin_alta.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The €50 coin (cincuentín) is pretty big, by the way: Ø 73 mm. Those issues (one per year) always have that size ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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