The best world coin designs

Boosibri · October 2, 2015 5:40PM

I love the CAR design but there are so many outstanding world issues. Show your favourites.

Boosibri · October 2, 2015 6:30PM

A few of my favorites

coinkat · October 2, 2015 8:34PM

Wonderful coins

edited to add: Too many favorites to list. Moving into South America, I will add the South Peru CUZCO 1838 8R- have the coin just no picture to add

harasha · October 2, 2015 8:46PM

This coin always has been at the top of my list:

Zohar · October 2, 2015 10:30PM

brg5658 · October 3, 2015 12:57AM

Two of my favorites

Iosephus · October 3, 2015 1:11AM

I've always been partial to this design:

N.B.: Not my coin, image from Kuenker.

JCMhouston · October 3, 2015 2:10AM

A few of my favorites:

But there are so many extraordinary designs in world coins I would be very hard pressed to pick a favorite, or even a top ten. Some I enjoy because of the detail in the engraving and I am in awe of the skills required with such antique technology used, some inspire me with the design, and others with the subject.

Weiss · October 3, 2015 3:17AM

That French 10C is gorgeous, JCM.

The Una is up there. But my favorite, which I'm sure is no surprise:

coinkat · October 3, 2015 9:15AM

Zohar-

Its sort of funny you post the coin you did you did. That coin probably more than any other influenced the direction of my collecting. And it is comical because it was not with Austria but with the World.

Zohar · October 3, 2015 12:04PM

coinkat - I have had a few of the 1628 in various states of preservation and when visiting Salzburg and seeing the cathedral still stand, it brought the coin to life.

Another from that little town which I like a lot is the 1682 piece.

syl · October 4, 2015 2:06AM

If I knew how to attach a photo to this thread, I'd do so, but I can't see any icon. B

trozau · October 4, 2015 3:44AM

Still my all time favorite...

Specially in the proof 5 Sovereign version

brg5658 · October 6, 2015 5:07AM

I'll add a couple more coin designs that have always made my jaw drop. They aren't necessarily "for circulation" designs, but they are stunning in my opinion.

mudskippie · October 6, 2015 7:57AM

One of my recent newps. And yes, it is one of my favourite designs.
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Couldnt resize the original image, oh well.

Pokermandude · October 6, 2015 9:18AM

I've always been partial to this type:

SaorAlba · October 6, 2015 8:47PM

The 1911 Italian commemoratives are some of my faves:

JCMhouston · October 7, 2015 6:19AM

Those Italian reverses are quite nice from the early 20th C.

Type2 · October 7, 2015 1:22PM

Some nice coins, I like this one as well.

lordmarcovan · October 7, 2015 6:25PM

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What's better than a cityview scene?

A cityview scene with horsies on the other side!

What's better than a cityview scene with horsies on the other side?

A cityview klippe with horsies on the other side!

Z, those Salzburg pieces are incredible. Maybe the designs are a tad busy (which is all too common for 17th century talers- and not a bad thing), but add in the spectacular toning, and you've got yourself some major pieces of eyecandy there.

I like the scene on the reverse of Iosephus' piece, too.

And I've always liked the ocean liner motif on the Italian coin SaorAlba posted.

Though I'm sure everyone has seen it ad nauseam, I'd say this little jewel is likely the most beautiful of the ones I own, design-wise.

PS- speaking of klippes, the design on this Nurnberg silver ducat klippe I used to have on my Holey Coin Vest was very appealing. Not something I'd call "beautiful", per se, but "amusing", or "whimsical", or just plain "fun". I loved the little boy with the stick horse.

SYRACUSIAN · October 8, 2015 5:18PM

<< <i>One of my recent newps. And yes, it is one of my favourite designs.
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Courtsesy image 4 mudskippie

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Syl, the image button is the 4th from the left (after bold, italics, underline) below the words Message Text and right before http, https, etc.

Rob, You made a very good start posting this coin. For a forum that has recently turned to ancients so much, I'd have expected much more ancients.

Troz, I see that you posted the 2011 set, would that be a coincidence?

Just a heads up: I ended up buying the 3 coin set, 2,1 and half, in original box and cert, because it was 3% above BV and because with the GBP flying so high, the 5 coin set would have cost me 45% more than a year ago, when we talked about it, ie 3000 euros. I too like the £5 but for £1300....

Z., the quality of your talers is beyond.... However, as LM already mentioned, the examples that you chose are indeed very busy, although I understand why you chose them.
What makes me find them bizarre, is the lack of a portrait and the relative resemblance of obverse and reverse, which makes them look like a very desirable double reverse coin.

Seriously, I personally like some other talers of your collection more. But de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum.

lordmarcovan · October 8, 2015 6:41PM

I've always found this Austrian design stunningly beautiful, too.

(Image courtesy of Atlas Numismatics, though this particular coin shows on their website as having already been sold.)

trozau · October 8, 2015 7:47PM

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Troz, I see that you posted the 2011 set, would that be a coincidence?

Just a heads up: I ended up buying the 3 coin set, 2,1 and half, in original box and cert, because it was 3% above BV and because with the GBP flying so high, the 5 coin set would have cost me 45% more than a year ago, when we talked about it, ie 3000 euros. I too like the £5 but for £1300....

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Dimitri,
Yes, just a coincidence. Happy to read you got your daughter a set at an excellent price. Got my first grandchild/grandson a proof 2014 UK Sovereign last year shortly after he was born.

mercurydimeguy · October 8, 2015 10:42PM

Zohar those Thalers are very cool!

I haven't seen enough world coin to know which is the most beautiful design, but for sure there are some cool ones here.

theboz11 · October 10, 2015 12:08AM

I couldn't pick just one. Some of my considered best world coin designs

syl · October 18, 2015 7:52PM

syl · October 18, 2015 8:03PM

Not only can I not post the Reverse of this coin, but I can't even edit the post with verbiage to describe this 1792 5 sols. I had problems posting images with the last board format, but I'm really lost with this format... and this is Gil's image that I emailed to him. I can't put my own up there.

SYRACUSIAN · October 18, 2015 10:46PM

The nicest "modern" Egyptian Ottoman gold lira

AH1293/12 one year type, the so-called floral design

in condition rarity grade NGC MS63

AH1293/12 NGC MS63 obverse Egypt AH1293/12 NGC MS63r

The Pan Pac gold $1, a coin that I intend to buy ever since 2000 , came very close to a very original looking one, in MS64, PCGS OGH that sold for the price of a 65 ...(no comments) Still, I was the underbidder

Pan Pac Pan Pac

And the 1925 Swiss 100 francs gold to name very very few.

Switzerland PCGS MS66

SYRACUSIAN · October 18, 2015 11:04PM

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan I've always found this Austrian design stunningly beautiful, too.

(Image courtesy of Atlas Numismatics, though this particular coin shows on their website as having already been sold.)

The Austrians still produce this, or used to up to a certain point as a bullion coin.

One day, my mother asked me to buy her a one oz bullion coin in BV, no premium

and I managed to get a choice BU of this: She hated it....

Zohar · October 18, 2015 11:22PM

Someone should take this thread and post on the Liteside. So much variety and beauty in these.

Super thread which shows the depth of the collections here.

asheland · October 19, 2015 2:26AM

Great thread!

asheland · October 19, 2015 2:28AM

This is my favourite:

Charles I Shilling

DeliaBug · October 19, 2015 8:36AM

The Birds of Paradise coins were always a favortie of mine.

coinkat · October 19, 2015 9:48AM

Nice images

SYRACUSIAN · October 21, 2015 6:50AM

Dellabug, I'm shocked. All German New Guinea coins are nice and pricey, but I've never seen such a nice gold 20 mark. You should be proud! I prefer it to the looks of the silver crown of the same obverse.

Syl, if you managed to post the obverse, repeat the procedure and post the reverse. You can add the comments after the link with the image;
there are two ways to upload it, one by following the rules of the forum, which used to limit the images upto 50KB, a very small number in today's VDSL world, or you can post it by copying and pasting its url, from another site, where the picture is on the cyberspace, example a free image hosting site such as photobucket. There's no SPACE limit in the second option.

If you find adding comments to it difficult, click on reply and add them in a separate post. I should be the last person "giving advise" on how to post images, but really, it's not that difficult AT ALL. Even coinkat got it lately.

syl · October 21, 2015 8:24PM

Dimitri ... Thank you for the procedure. I'll try it the next time I have something to post. I have been trying to post pics from my own computer files and that's what I can't do. I think once I transfer them to a host facility, I'll be able to do it. The one that I did post was from a member here who modified it once I sent it to him. I am almost entirely Canadian Vicky Large Cents now, so I post very little, but have a quite large collection of World, especially German States going back to the early 17th century.

brg5658 · October 21, 2015 11:32PM

I've always liked this Italian design also.

1997R Italy 500 Lire, PCGS MS67 (CoinFacts image)

Lowest mintage of series from 1958-2001 (43,600)

zompels · October 22, 2015 1:51AM

Pokermandude · October 22, 2015 5:33AM

I can't believe no one has posted a gothic florin or crown yet

kaz · October 22, 2015 12:27PM

This may be my first post on this forum.

Swampboy · October 22, 2015 2:09PM

Originally posted by: kaz

This may be my first post on this forum.

Nice start!

SYRACUSIAN · October 22, 2015 2:33PM

Originally posted by: syl
Dimitri ... Thank you for the procedure. I'll try it the next time I have something to post. I have been trying to post pics from my own computer files and that's what I can't do. I think once I transfer them to a host facility, I'll be able to do it. The one that I did post was from a member here who modified it once I sent it to him. I am almost entirely Canadian Vicky Large Cents now, so I post very little, but have a quite large collection of World, especially German States going back to the early 17th century.

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No Syl, you cannot post images from your own computer files directly, unless these images are less than 50KB, which is rather unlikely.
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What you have to do, is transfer these images to Photobucket, or another free image hosting site, and then copy their url and post them here. Trust me, for a self taught ignoramus on computers such as myself, it's an easy, albeit time consuming thing to do, if you decide to upload several images.

Large Vicky cents have practically disappeared from this forum along with bosox and his super set. I'd love to see yours, and the same goes for your German States, and IMHO many more members will be interested in them. Heritage weekly world coin auctions had two specials on German States, I'm not sure if the second part already took place, or if it is scheduled for next Thursday.

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Pokermanude, what a nice florin. I believe that you might have woken the beast on these, MacCrimmon, who assembled a partial set, in a quality that has never been seen since by yours truly. If he's reading this, he should finally wake up from his hibernation.

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Finally, a current Egyptian favorite, bought from a friend.

AH1293/15W 10 qirsh PCGS MS64

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Hydrant · November 15, 2015 3:35PM

Thank you, one and all. Simply stunning.

LochNESS · November 16, 2015 9:09PM

Wow Rob you been busy while I was gone yeti. Those are some amazing pieces.

asheland · November 17, 2015 12:30AM

Originally posted by: Pokermandude
I can't believe no one has posted a gothic florin or crown yet

mercurydimeguy · November 17, 2015 12:38PM

JCMhouston · November 17, 2015 1:34PM

Like asheland I like both the Godless and Gothic florins also:

The best world coin designs

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