Romania and Russia

spoon

Two cool designs:

ccrdragon

Love the Romanian coin - why can't the US produce coins that have that kind of life and detail?!?!?!?!?!?

spoon

I guess in coins boring is for some odd reason perceived as dependable... that's the best I can come up with
[actually I wrote something else but it might've been insulting ]

While I'm posting my 1914s.. heres a German too:

tbirde56

That Romanian is a lu-leu!

wybrit

I like the Romanian coin as well. Is she carrying a sickle? The year predates the rise of any nation to communism, but the design suggests it nonetheless.

shirohniichan

Those are some great photos! I wish I knew how to take them like that.

I've seen lots of high grade Russian 10 and 20 kopeki. I wonder if they were hoarded or exported in great quantities during the Revolution.

Philip

From what I've seen only the last issues, during WWI are often found in high grades. This one seems to be from the 19th century, iirc

Anyone know why the Romanian Leu is similar to its contemporary French counterpart?

Shipcoin

Nice Romanian coin, Spoon!

cosmicdebris

Great coins with cool Eagles.

1jester

I like the Romanian obverse design as well. I can almost see the colorful designs on her dress.

SYRACUSIAN

Nice coins, great shots!



<< <i>Anyone know why the Romanian Leu is similar to its contemporary French counterpart? >>



Because Romania adopted the Latin Union standards maybe?


edited to add that I already know I've got it wrong . It's about the walking girl, isn't it?

Philip

Yes... and the reason is not the monetary union for sure

SYRACUSIAN

And that reason would be.....



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spoon

Glad y'all like them

I'm not sure why the Romanian leu has such a similar design but I'd guess that it's just the most impressive popular image that can be easily expressed on little round bits of metal

As for the sickle.. a friend of mine was telling me the same thing about the reverse on turn-of-the-century Chilean pesos with full hammer & sickle.

Also, the reason why these pics look better than my usual lousy shots is that I finally got to shoot in daylight.. that and I figured out in PhotoShop using Image > Adjust > Auto Levels really helps.. though manually tweaking them through Adjust > Levels might be better.

farthing

I would guess that she is carring a sickle not as a precursor to the rise of Communism but rather because the background of the design shows grain being harvested.

Philip

She is actually the French liberty that has helped Romanian peasants with their harvesting

newsman

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<< <i>Anyone know why the Romanian Leu is similar to its contemporary French counterpart? >>



Because Romania adopted the Latin Union standards maybe? >>



Romania was part of the Latin Monetary Union, so that coin should be the same size, weight and silver composition as a French 1 franc of the same period. As for the design, who knows?

1jester

Spoon, you finally got some sunshine, huh?! That's not a common occurance there in Germany!!

I think the sickle is very symbolic of hard work, harvest, and the bounty of farming the earth. I've seen it on different coins.

Askari

She is, perhaps, Romania's version of la Semeuse. Sometimes she is shown wearing a sort of embroidered-looking pillbox cap. The sickle refers to bounty and agriculture. I think the device she is holding is a walking spindle for thread, which would represent the crafts. The Romanians made some gorgeous coins and medals and they're fairly rare.

Askari

Here's an example: First, a plaque by R. Cizek & J. Resch from the 1906 Romanian Intl. Expo:







Second, the 25th Jubilee medal for King Carol I in 1891 (produced by the famous Austrian medalist Anton Scharff: