A Spanish Monarch Set

harasha

I thought it was about time that I learn a bit about the Spanish antecedents of this country. Here are some portraits to parallel Pokermandude's contribution.

Philip II


Charles III


Charles IV


Ferdinand VII


Joseph Napoleon (Thanks to Northeast for the image of the coin now in my collection)


Isabela II


Alfonso XIII

Pokermandude

I like them! Thanks for posting.

I've at times contemplated getting into medals like those. Very nice portraits at a fraction of the cost of similar condition circulation coins.

lordmarcovan

Now this is a neat idea. Too bad our education (at least where I was brought up) is so heavily biased in favor of the English colonial past and so skimpy on the Spanish.

That Isabella II, while a nice medal, has a rather unflattering portrait. She looks a little like one of Cinderella's stepsisters, there. Then again, for all we know, she might not have been much of a beauty in life, eh?

Andres

Judge for yourself , Rob.
And This is a flattering picture of her.


Like the medals, very different portraits, as depicted on the coins

jayPem

Great portraits !
Really cool to get a different look on a few familiar faces...and now I know that Napoleon was one of the first to rock the Justin Bieber hair-do

spoon

Great to see a not-English monarch set!

For LM, I noticed this pattern now up at Heritage that looks remarkably like Vicky (to me at least):



(in case the pics don't work, heres the link - Lot 25566 in auction 3024)

harasha

Probably the most flattering physical appearance was portrayed by Anna Paquin in the 1997 movie, "Amistad." Of course, she was a 15 year old in that portrayal.

Andres

and probably the most flattering portrait ? on a coin or medal, is on this 20 reales silver coin.

santelia

I do like the detail on Ferdinand VII's portrait.

harasha

Probably the best representation of this scoundrel that I have seen on coin or medal. I am sure that there are better, though.