Favorite monarch design

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Hey guys,

What is your most favorite monarch design? I'm sure a lot of you would argue that Victoria's "Gothic florin" portrait is the best, but I think that there are some even better ones.

One of my favorites is of Alfonso XIII's second portrait.
Kenny

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Menelik II of Ethiopia
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22984.html

Edward VII's colonial portrait
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15533.html

Yuan Shikai's "Fat Man" portrait.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3849.html

And lastly the beautiful Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16129.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6070.html
Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras
  Queen Jadwiga, Queen Victoria, and 'Milda' from Latvia.



  Perhaps that last one is not a queen (I thought it was), though it does say 'crowned head right'. The same design is used on a 2012 coin re-issued. When Latvia join the Euro there are two designs already made, for the 1 Euro (left) and 2 Euro (right). I do not collect Euros but would want these two ...

                        
  King George V, King Charles I, King Henry VII

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/australie/g953.jpg

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/scotland/g22.jpg

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/england/g111.jpg
For me Victoria's portrait on the Indian coins (I think may be same as gothic)
Edward and George V imperial designs are the best but I also really like GVI and EII wearing the imperial crown too !
Queen Jadwiga:



Queen Victoria:



King George V:

Quote: Mark240590For me Victoria's portrait on the Indian coins (I think may be same as gothic)
Edward and George V imperial designs are the best but I also really like GVI and EII wearing the imperial crown too !
Ah, the Gothic florin!

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces25564.html
William & Mary

Victoria

Edward

George V

George VI
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18185.html
Elizabeth II
Other favorites (it's not just British monarchs):

Fuad I
Farouk
Friedrich II von Anhalt
Ernst August von Hanover
Friedrich Franz IV von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Adolf von Nassau (derp face)
Carl Eduard von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

I never really liked monarch designs before the 19th century; they're too crudely drawn.
Kenny

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People already have put others up, I only collect British imperial coins so don't know many others.
Nobody posted Franz Josef:





Alfonso XIII:



Napoleon III:



Nicholas II:

Quote: SmartOneKgI never really liked monarch designs before the 19th century; they're too crudely drawn.
No kidding!

Charles Edward was British !
Quote: Mark240590Charles Edward was British !
From Wikipedia

"Prince Charles Edward was born at Claremont House near Esher, Surrey. His father was Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort. His mother was Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (née Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont)."
Yup :)
Now I really want to get my hands on this coin!
Good luck I've been trying for over a year they seem to be fairly few and far between with his head on mainly his prince regent !
http://www.ma-shops.co.uk/dylla/item.php5?id=96&lang=en&PHPSESSID=5c42826578f2beac04fe33066c175a2f
Quote: Mark240590http://www.ma-shops.co.uk/dylla/item.php5?id=96&lang=en&PHPSESSID=5c42826578f2beac04fe33066c175a2f
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe tell me
About it I would rather buy 3/4  coins I actually collect ! However I have been considering buying a non- British Hannover Thaler recently as it still bears the COA and looks amazballs !
I like this one of old Georgie Porgie pudding and pie

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/fidji/g293.jpg
james
Quote: james wolfe
I love that one!

Too bad they didn't make an official coin with his portrait. All they made of Edward VIII were fantasies and coins without his portrait.
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You're wrong there is like 3 pattern coins but they were never released into circulation as it's considered bad luck until they have been crowned !
Quote: dptashnyQueen Jadwiga:
QUEEN JADWIGA, also because she was Hungarian ;)

and a beautiful image of the ugliest Monarch ever:

Victoria ! :love:

Ut ameris , amabilis esto .
sorry for my English , Google traduction
That veiled type too ? To me that's her worst portrait !
that the?



or


Ut ameris , amabilis esto .
sorry for my English , Google traduction
Wilhelm II  https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces32550.html  is my favorite but I like these too

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3604.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces20933.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14906.html
"We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?"- John Lennon
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Quote: dptashnyQueen Jadwiga:
QUEEN JADWIGA, also because she was Hungarian ;)
Not Polish?
Born as Hungarian and became King of Poland. (No, I am not stupid, King, not Queen!!) z)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland
I love this one :love:  :love:
https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/france/g4443.jpg

He is so young...
Talking about young monarch..
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/roumanie/g515.jpg
Favorite:
Least favorite:

Nothing against beatrix, its just that whoever came up with that must have been at a special kind of Dutch CAFE?   :°  ;)  :`
Quote: TusiyoTalking about young monarch..
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/roumanie/g515.jpg
Do you say young monarch?
1 year old, 5, 9, 18, 24
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Quote: otto rupeeFavorite:
Least favorite:

Nothing against beatrix, its just that whoever came up with that must have been at a special kind of Dutch CAFE?   :°  ;)  :`
I've nothing against my Queen as well, but that portrait is just very ugly. The portrait of her on our Eurocoins is the full version of Ninaber's portait from our Gulden-coinage.
( https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/pays-bas/g231.jpg )

But this one is even worse:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/pays-bas/g1004.jpg

I think both portraits are offensive to Beatrix. My prospects for the portrait of our new King Willem-Alexander aren't very positve.
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What do you think of my French monarch coins?

Philippe II : B.   :O


Henri III :


Louis XIII :


Louis XIV :


Louis XV :


Louis XVI : :love:
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Certainly a lot better!
Luckily, the portraits of those French monarchs don't have the shapes of ice cubes!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
I would have to say Victoria's first portait.
It is, what it is, or is it.
Quote: ALLRED1950I would have to say Victoria's first portait.
Agree.
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
I know it's not a monarch, but the peace dollar is beautiful. Much more pretty than the Morgan dollar!
Quote: ZacUKQueen Jadwiga, Queen Victoria, and 'Milda' from Latvia.



  Perhaps that last one is not a queen (I thought it was), though it does say 'crowned head right'. The same design is used on a 2012 coin re-issued. When Latvia join the Euro there are two designs already made, for the 1 Euro (left) and 2 Euro (right). I do not collect Euros but would want these two ...

                        

agree with ZacUK! "and 'Milda' from Latvia" very, very nice  :love:
Behold the King:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces36952.html

 ;)
Quote: Lotus07I've nothing against my Queen as well, but that portrait is just very ugly. The portrait of her on our Eurocoins is the full version of Ninaber's portait from our Gulden-coinage.
( https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/pays-bas/g231.jpg )

But this one is even worse:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/pays-bas/g1004.jpg

I think both portraits are offensive to Beatrix. My prospects for the portrait of our new King Willem-Alexander aren't very positve.
I agree about the offensiveness of the Beatrix coinage.  In fact, I showed a friend of mine one of my Queen Beatrix coins, and he asked me if it was a joke.  It's unfortunate King Willem-Alexander will probably have a stupid portrait too.  But, at least it isn't as bad as Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg!
It's been a long time since the last post, but no one mentioned the Kaiser, especially on Germany's East African coins.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17045.html

Man I can't stop marveling at that portrait. Unfortunately the coins are quite rare and very expensive, so no Wilhelm II for me :snif:

A few other Kaiser designs:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26474.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21445.html
My favorite is Carlos III de España. He is ugly, but still there is something. Plus I wish to own a Carlos III 8 reales someday   :`

https://static-numista.com/catalogue/photos/mexique/g693.jpg

And I can't leave out Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16129.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16128.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6070.html
-DMK-  Just a collector with hoarding tendencies.
My favorites are Maximilian I and Leopold II, both were brothers in law because of Empress Carlota "Charlotte"  :D





Great beards! :O
Moshoeshoe I

Quote: james wolfe
I know this pic from somewhere?

 ;)
here is the best why they didnt make a coin Victoria and George

I think that would have made a great coin.
 yours daryl
It is, what it is, or is it.
Its a strange design, after all thet were very different rulers.
I think it 1840 and 1940 !00 years postage. But i really like them both
It is, what it is, or is it.
Quote: dptashnyQueen Victoria:

This is also one of my favorites: This particular portrait of Victoria, with the wreath in her hair and the lovely hairstyle. I think it's so elegant and pretty.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
I like Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave).

I like also Vit. Em. II-s  design with  military cask
Definitely Gothic Victoria. Sorry to be cliché  :°
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I think we should consider that the woman on the Polish coins of the 1930s is not Queen or King Jadwiga. Early numismatic literature calls the image that of Polonia...really no different than Marienne on french coinage, Britanna on UK coinage, Liberty on US coinage. I read a description of radiant headed Queen Jadwiga and had to laugh. Those are not rays, but grain heads of wheat. The contributors of the catalog really got that one wrong.
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The cutest queen ever must be Bhutan's! :love::love:



Unfortunately she's not on any coin, but here's the picture on the banknote commemorating the royal wedding:
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