The World's Most Beautiful Coin!?

[Danelaw 208]

http://www.antique-collecting.co.uk/worlds-most-beautiful-coin-for-sale/

Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder but...That is a bit of a boast!

Personally, it wouldn't even reach my top hundred.

[ozjohn 647]

Ok, what does impress you?

[Peter 615]

Certainly floats my boat.

[IanB 175]

I will have the crown please.

 

[Danelaw 208]

3 hours ago, ozjohn said:

Ok, what does impress you?

[Sword 1,473]

Leaving prices aside, my two top choices would be the Petition Crown and the Charles I Oxford Crown.

[The Coinery 32]

All that glitters is not gold - so they say.

Like Sword said leaving aside the value there are some pennies with full lustre that have more eye appeal than an Australian Bikini Models a**e.

At least with the pennies you have a chance to have one in your hands to fondle and closely examine. . . 

For me the pre 1860 ticker flan pennies with lustre are amazing works of art and I have never been bored admiring their beauty.

The 1934 Crown is a favourite of mine and on the higher grades, maybe due to the 70% + silver content, the fields are mesmerising.

Finally the reverses of some Florins and Half Crowns have such intricate detail that they could easily be described as beautiful.

[Rob 3,152]

I think for beauty combined with a few thoughts as to how it was made, you have to look at ancients. Super detail that had to be made without recourse to a magnifying glass when engraving the dies. I have put up the Epaticcus Boar's Head before which is only 8mm diameter, but you could equally choose any one of many early works of art.

Edited January 31, 2017 by Rob

[1949threepence 3,367]

On 1/30/2017 at 9:54 AM, Danelaw said:

http://www.antique-collecting.co.uk/worlds-most-beautiful-coin-for-sale/

Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder but...That is a bit of a boast!

Personally, it wouldn't even reach my top hundred.

I must say it is a very nice piece. 

[Danelaw 208]

Perhaps I was being a tad disingenuous. Of course it is a rather special coin, just doesn't do it for me.

The Petition Crown and the Oxford Crown are both stunning, I would find room for them both

[Sword 1,473]

The Petition crown is one of my top choices because it is a coin ahead of its time. The incredibly lifelike portrait of Charles II, the stunning shield reverse and the amazing two lines petition on the edge. It was indeed a real tragedy that that Simon’s design wasn’t adopted.

The Oxford crown has a very impressive equestrian portrait of Charles I in front of the beautiful and cityscape of Oxford. One can recognise the Magdalene Tower and the University Church. I am also sentimental towards Oxford as it is the town I lived in after leaving home for the first time. And there is the historical declaration on the reverse. The fact that Charles I was exiled in Oxford at the time make this coin even more interesting.

[copper123 1,486]

Got to be in anyones top ten

[Sword 1,473]

Talking of the Standing Britannia design, I recently put a commission bid for a British Empire Dollar. It went for £20 more than my bid. Not a candidate for this contest of course but a nice looking coin all the same. (It was designed by de Saulles but I still prefer the florin design)

[Paulus 1,975]

[Garrett 76]

Yes I thought of the 1902-10 florin when I first saw this thread.

Also just a nice gothic florin is gorgeous too.  On both sides.

cheers Garrett.

Edited February 2, 2017 by Garrett