Top 12 eurocoins
LL
eurocoins of the 12 main countries.
I´m wondering how people think about the design of the euro coins, which are
the most beautifull and which are the ugliest.
I made a top 12 myself:
1 - Greece
2 - Italy
3 - Austria
4 - Portugal
5 - Finland
6 - France
7 - Germany
8 - Spain
9 - Ireland
10 - Netherlands
11 - Luxembourg
12 - Belgium
I have to say it was sometimes difficult, numbers 1 and 2 are almost equal
in my opinion. The same for the group 3, 4, 5 and 6. No big difference
between 7 and 8 and neither between 10 and 11.
Please give your reactions.
Luit
Björn Roeven
2 - Greece
3 - Italy
4 - Portugal
5 - San Marino
6 - Germany
7 - Austria
8 - Ireland
9 - Vatican
10 - Spain
11 - Monaco
12 - France
13 - Belgium
14 - Luxemburg
15 - Netherlands
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Arthur Hagen
1 Italy
2 Greece
3 San Marino
4 France
5 Finland
6 Spain
7 Portugal
8 Monaco
9 Austria
10 Germany
11 Netherlands
12 Luxemburg
13 Ireland
14 Belgium
15 Vatican
I think I should add that I do not have the Vatican euros yet. I based my
opinion purely on pictures I've seen on the Internet.
Arthur
"Björn Roeven" schreef...
> 1 - Finland
> 2 - Greece
> 3 - Italy
> 4 - Portugal
> 5 - San Marino
> 6 - Germany
> 7 - Austria
> 8 - Ireland
> 9 - Vatican
> 10 - Spain
> 11 - Monaco
> 12 - France
> 13 - Belgium
> 14 - Luxemburg
> 15 - Netherlands
>
> LL schreef ...
Björn Roeven
net. San Marino and Monaco I do have.
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Mónica Freixial
My list would be as follows:
1- Italy
2- Austria
3- Greece
4- Portugal
5- Ireland
6- Germany
7- France
8- Finland
9- Spain
10- Nederlands
11- Luxembourg
12- Belgium
Greetings from Portugal..
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genarobontelli
like the Eurovision Song Contest ...
Belgium finished almost always last, just like in this list.
Be glad that it's Albert II (our King) that is on the coin, it will be worse
if it would be the future king Filip or even better our prime Minister
Verhofstadt !!!
LOL
G.B.
(from Belgium by the way)
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Wolfgang Haeupler
I would do it this way:
1- Italy
1- Austria
1- Greece
2- France
2- Spain
3- Finland
4- Portugal
5- Germany
6- Nederlands
6- Belgium
6- Luxembourg
6- Ireland
Greetings from Austria (of course) :O)
Wolfgang
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Arthur Hagen
> Belgium finished almost always last, just like in this list.
> Be glad that it's Albert II (our King) that is on the coin, it will be
worse
> if it would be the future king Filip or even better our prime Minister
> Verhofstadt !!!
It's not because it's the image of King Albert that I've placed the Belgian
euros low on my list. It's mostly because of the fact that just this one,
rather conservative, design is on all 8 coins. For that same reason Ireland
is low on my list too.
The Netherlands and Luxemburg are a bit higher on the list because at least
they both have 2 different, more modern looking, designs.
Arthur
> Mónica Freixial schreef...
Klaas
Klaas
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A. v/d Heuvel
I like for instance the Luxemburg euro's. They have nice firm lines and the
whole coin makes an nice solid impression. Moreover I think the design is
perfectly in balance: the incuse letters fit nice with the rest of the coin.
Had I made the list you give, I think I might have placed the Luxemburg
coins somewhere behind Greece, Italy and Austria.
Sincerely,
Ton.
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Dik T. Winter
> Belgium finished almost always last, just like in this list.
> Be glad that it's Albert II (our King) that is on the coin, it will be worse
> if it would be the future king Filip or even better our prime Minister
> Verhofstadt !!!
Oh, indeed. A few years ago I was in the camping shop of Gent talking
with the shopkeeper. As I do collect coins I asked whether he had any
coins with Albert on it. His response was "die lelijkerd, wil je ook
Paola?". (Translation: "that ugly person, do you also want Paola (his
wife)?") But he was able to complete my set of Albert coins...
As for Filip, it would perhaps be better to skip a king, like in the UK ;-).
Verhofstadt I do not see so often, but it is indeed not someone whom I
would like to see on a coin.
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A.Shevchenko -=(7)=-
2) Greece ( 1 Euro Rulez , 2 Euro better than the Italian 2 euro)
3) Portugal ( all these logos make them NICE, imho! )
?4) Germany (1 and 2 Euros Rulez, all the rest sucks i think)
?5) France ( Nice coins ! )
?6) Austria ( 1 and 2 Euro, SUCK, they aren't designed well, the rest looks
nice )
7) Netherlands ( Better 1,2,5,10,20,50 cents in confront to Luxembourg, but 1
and 2 Euros not nice like them )
8) Luxembourg ( Luxembourg look, IS BETTER than Nederlands, at least i like the
1 and 2 Euros, so modern, like m odern art LOL, but the other 6 coins sux )
9) Spain ( Buuuh !! nice Church, STOP)
10) Ireland ( i like that Harp ! but too much repeated... )
11) Finland ( not much impressed )
12) Belgium, Old Fat Head, repeated 8 times, B O R I N G
--extra--
San Marino ( the only extra i got ) 4-6 th position
Dik T. Winter
In article <1RLr8.132921$1S3.4...@twister1.libero.it> " A.Shevchenko -=\(7\)=-" <sheva...@segnaaa.it> writes:
> 1) Italy (1 Euro rulez, the rest nice mixed variety )
Yup.
> 2) Greece ( 1 Euro Rulez , 2 Euro better than the Italian 2 euro)
Agree too, it makes me wonder how they came to putting a modern tanker
on one of the coins, looks more like a communist state coin. (See
some of the Eastern European coins from the sixties and seventies to
know what I mean, and also the banknotes. Many show just harvesting...)
In this case the occurence of the denomination on the national side is
not distractive from the design, contrary to Austria, see below.
> 3) Portugal ( all these logos make them NICE, imho! )
Pretty nice old designs put on a modern coin.
> ?4) Germany (1 and 2 Euros Rulez, all the rest sucks i think)
The Adler is done well indeed, the 1 to 5 cent is just like what they
had since 1950, the remainder, oh, well. Important for them perhaps.
> ?5) France ( Nice coins ! )
Not in my opinition, to much a design based on what they had already.
Marianne, the sowster and Marianne.
> ?6) Austria ( 1 and 2 Euro, SUCK, they aren't designed well, the rest looks
> nice )
In my opinion they do suck all. I really wonder at the prominent
position the denomination of the coin is also put in on this side.
It detracts horribly from the design.
> 7) Netherlands ( Better 1,2,5,10,20,50 cents in confront to Luxembourg,
> but 1 and 2 Euros not nice like them )
The 1 and 2 Euro are just a repeat of a design from the coins minted from
1980. The smaller are worse in my opinion. There have been some
excellent paintings of the Queen that would do well on coins (from concrete
to pretty abstract, but she does like abstract art). A more cubist like
design would be much better. (And, yes, there are cubist paintings of her
that she likes pretty much.) But there are the rules that she should look
to the left.
> 8) Luxembourg ( Luxembourg look, IS BETTER than Nederlands, at least i like
> the 1 and 2 Euros, so modern, like modern art LOL, but the other 6 coins
> sux )
In my opinion it is just plagiarism on the Dutch coins.
> 9) Spain ( Buuuh !! nice Church, STOP)
You are talking about something by Gaudy... Still the only major state
that does not put its ruler on all coins.
> 10) Ireland ( i like that Harp ! but too much repeated... )
A design used since 1924, when they became independent. A bit boring
indeed.
> 11) Finland ( not much impressed )
The lions are also of old age. The 1 and 2 Euro have new, better designs.
> 12) Belgium, Old Fat Head, repeated 8 times, B O R I N G
Ehrm, yes.
> San Marino ( the only extra i got ) 4-6 th position
>
I think that most of these are well done. I would put them in top 3.
I have not yet had in hands the Monaco and Vatican sets, but I have
seen pictures. The latter I would put on par with Belgium (but you
should not expect anything else). The four designs for the former
appear to be nice, but just not the top. The strangest is that they
have a coin which both shows the current ruler and the heir presumptive.
Is there any other coin in the world where that did happen before?
Consider a circulation coin showing both Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Charles for fun.
Ole Anders
!!!! Just ask .........
Arthur Hagen
> Who need Euros when norwegian coins are the nicest in Europe (World!)
> !!!! Just ask .........
Why not switch over to Euros and design nice Norwegian national sides for
the coins. We could well use some more nice designs ... so not just put King
Harald on all coins!!!
Arthur
Dik T. Winter
There is a little problem. Norway is not a member of the EU.
Paul Hermans
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> "genarobontelli" wrote...
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Here's mine:
1. Italy
2. France
3. Finland
4. Ireland
5. Germany
6. Austria
7. Portugal
8. Spain
9. San Marino
10. Greece
11. Netherlands
12. Monaco
13. Vatican
14. Luxemburg
15. Belgium
BartZ
Christian Feldhaus
> > 3) Portugal ( all these logos make them NICE, imho! )
>
> Pretty nice old designs put on a modern coin.
Agreed. What I find a bit peculiar, though, is that this way the country
name appears twice on the back of each Portuguese coin ...
> > ?4) Germany (1 and 2 Euros Rulez, all the rest sucks i think)
>
> The Adler is done well indeed, the 1 to 5 cent is just like what they
> had since 1950, the remainder, oh, well. Important for them perhaps.
Dunno, I was not asked <g>. That Brandenburg Gate on the 10/20/50 ct
coins used to be on some GDR (East Germany, -1990) pieces. Guess the
reason why some see that Prussian building as a national symbol nowadays
is that it was so close to the border that divided East and West Berlin.
Doesn't have to do much with the country as a whole IMO but, oh well.
> > ?5) France ( Nice coins ! )
>
> Not in my opinition, to much a design based on what they had already.
> Marianne, the sowster and Marianne.
Make the second Marianne a tree/hexagon combination -- and these two
coins I actually like. "Based on what they had" is, by itself, not
necessarily bad ;-)
> > ?6) Austria ( 1 and 2 Euro, SUCK, they aren't designed well, the rest looks
> > nice )
>
> In my opinion they do suck all. I really wonder at the prominent
> position the denomination of the coin is also put in on this side.
> It detracts horribly from the design.
The coins with the Vienna monuments (10/20/50 ct) look nice. Have no
idea why the value appears on the back side as well. In the case of
Greece the reason (different alphabets) is obvious, but here?
>
> > 7) Netherlands ( Better 1,2,5,10,20,50 cents in confront to Luxembourg,
> > but 1 and 2 Euros not nice like them )
>
> The 1 and 2 Euro are just a repeat of a design from the coins minted from
> 1980. The smaller are worse in my opinion. There have been some
> excellent paintings of the Queen that would do well on coins (from concrete
> to pretty abstract, but she does like abstract art). A more cubist like
> design would be much better. (And, yes, there are cubist paintings of her
> that she likes pretty much.) But there are the rules that she should look
> to the left.
Is that a "head-of-state specific" rule? On the Juliana coins, the queen
looks to the right. And yes, I like the portrait on the 1 and 2 euro
coins better, but the little dots on the cent pieces, between her head
and the twelve stars, are nice ...
> > 9) Spain ( Buuuh !! nice Church, STOP)
>
> You are talking about something by Gaudy... Still the only major state
> that does not put its ruler on all coins.
Errm, that church you see on the Spanish 1/2/5 ct coins is the cathedral
of Santiago de Compostela, mostly Romanesque and baroque. Gaudí started
building the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona "only" about 100 years
ago ...
I don't understand anyway why the monarchies did not combine a small
portrait and another element. Many postal stamps are designed like that;
or think of the Dutch "millennium" coin with the queen's head on the
top. Might be difficult with the tiny cent coins, but other than that,
it should be doable :-)
Christian
Dik T. Winter
> Dik T. Winter <Dik.W...@cwi.nl> wrote:
[ About the Dutch Euro coins.]
> > But there are the rules that she should look
> > to the left.
>
> Is that a "head-of-state specific" rule? On the Juliana coins, the queen
> looks to the right.
They alternate. Willem-Alexander will also look to the right.
Ldp
@feldhausnet.de says...
> > But there are the rules that she should look to the left.
> Is that a "head-of-state specific" rule? On the Juliana coins, the queen
> looks to the right.
It swaps left<->right with each new monarch.
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C2H5OH
Christian Feldhaus
> It swaps left<->right with each new monarch.
Ah, makes sense. I actually have some Wilhelmina coins, and she looks to
the left, too. Thanks to Dik as well.
Christian