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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 707250, member: 39&quot;]Some of those coins are quite nicely designed. Others are a little over-detailed, but that is common with Austrian collector coins. Let me add a few more, because of the Burg/Schloss thing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In German there are two words for &quot;castle&quot;; a &quot;Burg&quot; is the fortified type, designed to keep the attacking enemy away. And a &quot;Schloss&quot; is the residence castle type. Of course quite a few &quot;Burg&quot; castles were later turned into &quot;Schloss&quot; castles. Anyway, the Austrian Mint first issued a &quot;Burgen&quot; theme series, then followed by the &quot;Schlösser&quot; series that you showed us.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are images from the Austrian Mint&#039;s website. So I think it is OK to use &quot;img&quot; links here. Oh, and despite the slightly different shades of gray or color here, the actual coins are all silver pieces. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(1) Rosenburg</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/920.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/921.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(2) Lockenhaus</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/968.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/969.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(3) Hochosterwitz</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/971.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/972.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(4) Hohenwerfen</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/974.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/975.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(5) Kufstein</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/977.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/978.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(6) Schattenburg</p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/980.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/981.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are some more castles on Austrian coins. This week for example a new €10 collector coin came out ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/2583.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://austrian-mint.at/images/user/2584.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The piece features Blondel de Nesle in front of Dürnstein castle. On the other side, Richard Lionheart being captured by Duke Leopold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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