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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 894675, member: 39&quot;]Here are some images of the Porta Nigra while it was a city gate, and while it was a church:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.markaurel.de/portanigra.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.markaurel.de/portanigra.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.markaurel.de/portanigra.htm</a> - The first image on that page shows the Porta Nigra from inside the city; the lower one shows it from outside after the church was demolished in 1804 (note the building on the right, which is probably the one on your notgeld pieces).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.markaurel.de/mittelalter/portanigra.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.markaurel.de/mittelalter/portanigra.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.markaurel.de/mittelalter/portanigra.htm</a> - This page shows the Porta Nigra while it was a church (St. Simeon): from outside (above; not necessarily accurate) and from inside (below). As the Porta did not have a city gate function then, another gate tower was needed (which was torn down later).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ewetel.net/~norbert.fiks/rab/rab06.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ewetel.net/~norbert.fiks/rab/rab06.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ewetel.net/~norbert.fiks/rab/rab06.html</a> - The first five images show the Porta Nigra on various postal stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in 2007 Luxembourg was the cultural capital of Europe, and they included neighboring parts of Belgium, France and Germany. Trier&#039;s contribution was an exhibition about the emperor Constantine, and a local initiative of banks, merchants, etc. launched the <a href="http://www.lifepr.de/attachment/3258/Flyer.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lifepr.de/attachment/3258/Flyer.pdf" rel="nofollow">Constantine Thaler</a> on that occasion. It had a value of €10, could be used as means of payment in participating stores, but many people simply got and kept it as a souvenir. Attached is an image of the design; contrary to the €100 coin in my previous post, this was a base metal piece. But it does show the Porta Nigra!</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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