European Coins Thread

**Divmad** · November 1, 2021

On 21/10/2021 at 16:37, Booky586 said:

Italian gold 20 Lire, 1863, Vittorio Emanuele II.

Nice coin. Where did you find it?

**Booky586** · November 1, 2021

1 hour ago, Divmad said:

Nice coin. Where did you find it?

Yes, nice condition too. It was an online auction purchase (not eBay though).

KevinFlynn · November 2, 2021

20 Mark, Wilhelm II (German Empire)

(reverse)

(obverse)

Colloquially known as a Goldfuchs (literally "Gold Fox")

**LawrenceChard** · November 14, 2021

On 21/10/2021 at 16:37, Booky586 said:

Italian gold 20 Lire, 1863, Vittorio Emanuele II.

Does 1862 trump 1863, or is it the other way round?

and the reverse:

People sometimes ask why an Italian coin has a Swiss red cross on it.

KevinFlynn · November 14, 2021

23 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

...

People sometimes ask why an Italian coin has a Swiss red cross on it.

Why does it? 🙋‍♂️

PortugueseStacker · November 21, 2021

Kingdom of Portugal - 10 000 Reis - Luiz I

Features: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces25757.html

Toshunya86 · November 23, 2021

On 14/11/2021 at 12:04, KevinFlynn said:

Why does it? 🙋‍♂️

It's not a swiss cross.

It is the coat of arms of Savoia

the House of Savoy led the Italian unification in 1860 and ruled the Kingdom of Italy until 1946. Vittorio Emmanuele and Umberto (can't remember the numbers) on that coins were part of this family.

Edited November 23, 2021 by Toshunya86

Toshunya86 · November 24, 2021

On 22/11/2021 at 00:07, PortugueseStacker said:

Kingdom of Portugal - 10 000 Reis - Luiz I

Features: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces25757.html

very nice coin , what sort of premium are we talking about ?

PortugueseStacker · December 13, 2021

On 24/11/2021 at 08:24, Toshunya86 said:

very nice coin , what sort of premium are we talking about ?

For this one I paid 870 euro, and that's the price I usually pay for them.

sori · December 19, 2021

The Lince bullion spaniard gold coin. Proof Reverse. Detail of the eye.

PortugueseStacker · January 11, 2022

Portuguese Republic - 1/4 Euro

Features: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16898.html

The smallest piece of gold that I own.

PhilB · March 3, 2022

On 19/12/2021 at 11:49, sori said:

The Lince bullion spaniard gold coin. Proof Reverse. Detail of the eye.

Beautiful Spanish Lynx coin!!!! 😍😍

**Silverlocks** · October 22, 2022

Some further experiments - this time with a sort of redneck light box made from a cardboard box with a diffuser made from a hole cut in the end and covered with a sheet of paper to act as a diffuser. A LED torch shone through the diffuser provided the light, although I think this really needs a proper diffuse light source. See below for bonus pics of the redneck light box.

I'm using this 2021 Germania Knights as it's a nice and very shiny coin, which makes it quite hard to photograph. We've sort of managed the reflections enough to make out the design fairly well, although you still get a fair bit of specular reflection.

And bonus pics of my redneck light box.

Exterior - tubes holding the lid down

Interior

Edited October 22, 2022 by Silverlocks

**Silverlocks** · October 24, 2022

And another evolution of the light box - this time lined with black paper to eliminate most of the reflections from the interior of the box.

**Silverlocks** · October 24, 2022

And changing the angle of the photo - there's a bit of software zoom in this and it's tickling the edge of the camera's sensitivity so the resolution is not so hot.

**Silverlocks** · October 27, 2022

Another experiment in Germania, this time with my shiny new 1oz Fenrir and its predecessor Fafnir. Here I made up a small cardboard ramp to prop the coins up on a slight angle towards the light.

In related news, the Germania lens caps are kinda neat, but I notice if stacked in a tube the base of the cap is resting on the lens itself, even though the base is rebated slightly. I wonder if that might mark the lens over time.

Rossironworkz · December 2, 2022

Chronos 2020

**Silverlocks** · December 21, 2022

2021 Knights of the Past

Another take on this coin, this time done with Dr. Dave's Dohickey, which has a pane of glass angled at 45° to shine light directly onto the face of the coin.