Germany coin thread (only the best)

that is an amazing coin. I like the lions. envy is the word. thanks for posting it.

 

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Got this in the mail today. I already posted it in the post your new acquisition world-ancient thread, but since I see a gorgeous toning of gun metal blue fading into rust red I gotta post it here. sellers pics.... better pics when my girlfriend gets home.

German States/Baden, 1831 Thaler (Krone) KM#195.1 mintage-168,000
weight- 18.1480g or .5105oz. metal- .875 silver ruler- Leopold I, looks the same size as a Morgan dollar. my cost $271.00 I can not stop looking at it. I really like the griffins. I also feel like I am holding history in my hands.

 

You are and yes, the Griffins are über cool!

 

Could you include the date and name of this medal. It is beautiful.

 

Christian...you mention there are no coins with A. Hitler's mug on it ....but there are only medals...do you have a link where I can find a wide assortment of these A.H. medals you speak of? Thank you in advance.

 

Dunno; eBay maybe. I do not collect those.

Christian

 

Beautiful? What's wrong with you?

 

While I find it hard to keep "design" and "message" apart, some people are apparently able or willing to do so. For example, quite a few Americans love nazi 2 and 5 RM coins, or Karl Goetz's propaganda medals. One might say that a Goetz piece, or the medal which @kolyan760 showed us, is great. I would not agree with such statements, primarily because even a nazi medal with Hitler's mug and a swastika is still a nazi medal. But people who love such items may well find them byoootiful ...

Christian

 

I see a fascist leader on that medal, who was responsible for the death of millions of people. "Beautiful" is definitely NOT the appropriate word here. I think the Kookaburra on the Aussie silver coins looks "beautiful"...

 

An interesting and worthwhile array. Too bad so many of them are badly tarnished.

 

I know, right?

 

What is wrong with ME...no What is wrong with you. These forums are for people to show their coinage or medals for others to view...if what you see makes you upset and you consider them NOT beautiful then that is YOUR problem. I look at the artistic aspect of ANY coin. It is a BEAUTIFUL coin to me...if you dont like it...WHO CARES..because I have a right to express my opinion on any coin I think is beautiful. Some people are SO narrow minded. If you don't like what you see change the channel...but to judge others because they don't line up with your beliefs is immature and childish.

 

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" even after one can get past the hot button issues. I have been collecting for well over 50 years and have yet to see any actual person's portrait on a coin that I think is beautiful. I personally love allegorical art on coins and medals, coins like the US Standing Liberty quarter and Walking Liberty half dollar. Foreign examples would be the French sower designs, the Romanian seed sowing lady types and the British Standing Britannia florin. For Germany nothing beats the Franco Prussian War Victory thaler series in my estimation.

 

Lets stop this here. Coins or medals are coin or medals here, nothing more. They have been produced since ancient times to memorialize conquest or political or religious significance. They are allowed to be posted as 'objects'~ beautiful, artistic, or ugly , but not to be discussed is the events behind them in a political or religious manner. Play nice.

Jim

 

German States/Bavaria 1857 thaler:

 

Germany 1966-G 5 mark proof:

 

Awesome collection of German coins. Germany mint such ornate coins

 

I'm rather new here and enjoying going thru' these old threads. Here's the Wurttemburg victory thaler. One of those Ebay buys that actually was better than the seller's picture, so I really like it.... Looks better than my pictures too LOL

 

Just posted this one in the "Recently Purchased" thread but given that there is this specific one... ill put it here also.

One of the most amazing and beautiful toned coins I have in the collection.

[Prussia] 2 Mark 1913 - 100 Years (PCGS MS65)