hazelman Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Of all the coins i have collected this remains my all time favourite design the Ceres Head 5 Franc.It is Regal and yet sultry. My Queen Beehttp://s87.photobucket.com/user/frederickalangibson/media/1870o_zpsf5523162-1.jpg.html Quote
TomGoodheart Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Well, as might be guessed, I do quite like the Nicholas Briot based portrait of Charles First ... . 2 Quote
davidrj Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 One of my favourite designs, must look out for a better grade oneItaly 10 centesimi (1919-1938), the use of the bee on the flower is a good use of the space, and it was one of the first regular coin issues not to use national symbols or mythological characters Quote
davidrj Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I also like thesebeautiful in high grade, sadly awful when circulated, the relief was far too low 1 Quote
Coinery Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) This is my favourite Elizabeth I design. Not the very best one, but you get the gist! http://www.amrcoins.com/coins-for-sale/HG-0778/ Edited January 24, 2015 by Coinery 1 Quote
Charlie Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I think the design on the 1 & 2 lire (1908-1917) from Italy is fantastic. Quote
copper123 Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I know Italy has a reputation for art , I am sure if you look overall over the last hundred years or so Italian coins are really hard to beat , forgeting the euros of course Quote
Mr T Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I think the Edward VII florin is pretty good: Quote
scott Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) anything not that, french or Italian is hard Edited January 25, 2015 by scott Quote
damian1986 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Endless posts could be made here for different reasons. I'm going to spare you another first issue George IV farthing or Pistrucci's St. George and Dragon reverse, but definitely those. Wyon's portrait of the young Victoria. I don't think we've seen a better portrait since. Edited January 25, 2015 by damian1986 Quote
hazelman Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 They and the Bun head Penny are also amongst my favourites Quote
damian1986 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 I'll also admit to having a bit of a thing about the French coinage. Keep getting tempted but then restrain myself. CGB currently have a 10%-off sale on.To add a bit of variety, this token is Glasgow, Lanarkshire DH2 in proof and was described by Bell (who wrote extensively on the token coinage) as one of the most beautiful in the entire 18th century series. It depicts a River God leaning against a pitcher, the source of the River Clyde. Quote
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