Napoleon 20 Francs Gold Coin of 1800, Victory of Marengo.

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Napoleon 20 francs gold coin

Gold Coins of the Italian States - Piedmont, Subalpine Republic - Napoleon 20 Francs Gold Coin of 1800 - Commemorating the Victory of Marengo.
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Obverse: Helmeted, draped and wreathed female bust left. Engraver´s initials (A.L.) below.
Legend: L'ITALIE DELIVERÉE A MARENCO .

Reverse: Value (20 FRANCS) above date ( L'AN 9. = 1800) within wreath.
Legend: LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ * ERIDANIA *

Mint Year: 1800 (An 9).
Mint Place: Turin (Italy)
Mintage: Only 2,820 pcs
Diameter: 22 mm; Weight: 6.48 gram of Gold (.900)

     The Napoleon, or Marengo, is a gold coin with value of 20 francs, coined in 1801 in the Subalpine Republic to celebrate the victory of Napoleon Bonaparte against Austrians on June the 14th 1800. This type of coin was produced between 1803 and 1815, with a weight of 6,45 grams and a gold content of 900 milliseconds. After the fall of Napoleon, the production of coins of the same type continued and all gold coins with value of 20 francs, produced in France in nineteenth century, were called Marengo. After the establishment of the Latin Monetary Union, the name Marengo was extended also to other coins of the union with the same value, including the 20 Italian lire.

The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. The French overcame General Michael von Melas's surprise attack near the end of the day, driving the Austrians out of Italy, and enhancing Napoleon's political position in Paris as First Consul of France in the wake of his coup d’état the previous November.

Austrian Gold Coins 25 Schilling Gold Coin of 1935.

Austria 25 Schilling Gold Coin

Österreich 25 Schilling

Austrian 25 Schilling Gold Coins of 1935.
Austrian Twenty-Five schillings were issued in gold from 1926 to 1938.
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Obverse: Half-length bust of St. Leopold on plinth, holding banner with arms of Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) and model of Abbey.
Legend: . ST . LEOPOLD .
Comment: Date (1935) below.

Reverse: Nimbate double-headed eagle facing, with wings spread, shield with Austrian coat-of-arms on breast.
Comment: OESTERREICH . 25 SCHILLING .

Mint Place: Vienna
Mintage: 2,880 pcs.
Diameter: 20 mm; Weight: 5.88 gram of  Gold (.900)

Saint Leopold III (German: Luitpold,1073 – 15 November 1136) was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, and Vienna. His feast day is 15 November.

Austro-Hungarian Gold Coins 10 Korona Gold Coin 1910 Franz Josef I Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary

Austro-Hungarian Gold Coins - 10 Korona

10 Korona Gold Coin

Austro-Hungarian - Kingdom of Hungary, Franz Josef I. 10 Korona Gold Coin of 1910.
Attractive type with Holy Crown of St. Stephen & Angels

Obverse: Crowned Hungarian royal arms, held by winged angels, mintmark (K.B) below.
Legend: MAGYAR KIRALYSAG / 10 KORONA
Translated: "Hungarian Kingdom / 10 Korona"

Reverse: Figure of Franz Josef I standing, wearing crown of St. Stephen, cape, staff and orb with Hungarian double cross.
Legend: FERENCZ JÓZSEF I . K . A . CS . ÉS M . H . S . D . O . AP . KIR . 1908


Mint place: Kremnitz (KB)
Reference: Friedberg 252, KM-485.
Diameter: 19 mm; Weight: 3.37 gram of  Gold (.900)


The Korona (osztrák-magyar korona) was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892 (when it replaced the Forint as part of the adoption of the gold standard) until the dissolution of the empire in 1918.

The Holy Crown of Hungary (Magyar Szent Korona, Latin: Sacra Corona), also known as the Crown of Saint Stephen, is the only crown known today with "holy" attribute.

The Hungarian coronation insignia consists of the Holy Crown, the sceptre, the orb, and the mantle. Since the twelfth century kings have been crowned with the still extant crown. The orb has the coat-of-arms of the Hungarian king Károly Róbert of Anjou (1310-1342); the other insignia can be linked to Saint Stephen.

The Crown was bound to the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, (sometimes the Sacra Corona meant the Land, the Carpathian Basin, but it also meant the coronation body, too). (see more: Doctrine of the Holy Crown) No king of Hungary was regarded as having been truly legitimate without being crowned with it. In the history of Hungary, more than fifty kings were crowned with it (the two kings who were not so crowned were Sigismund Johann II and Joseph II).
Franz Josef I (English: Francis Joseph) Emperor of Austria, king of Hungary, (1830-1916), born in Vienna. The last significant Habsburg monarch.

Yugoslavian Ducat Gold Coin of 1933, King Alexander I.

Yugoslavia Gold Ducat

Yugoslavian Gold Coins

Yugoslavia Ducat Gold Coin of 1933, King Alexander I.
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Obverse: Head of King Alexander I left. Mint name (KOVNICA.A.D.) below bust truncation.
Comment: Official countermark (corn-ear) in right field!
Translated legend: "King Alexander I. Queen Maria"

Reverse: Crown above double headed eagle with arms of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia at chest. Date (1933) in legend.
Legend: KRALJEVINA JUGOSLAVIJA 1933 . DUKAT 1 ДУКАТ .
Translated: "Kingdom Yugoslavia, 1933, 1 Ducat"

Mintage: 40,000 pcs.,  Mint Place: Kovnica A.D. (Belgrade).
Reference: Friedberg 5, KM-12.2. R!
Diameter: 20 mm., Weight: 3.49 gram of Pure Gold (.986)

The ducat or dukat is a gold coin that was used as a trade coin throughout Europe before World War I. The etymological origin of the name is from Medieval Latin "ducatus", and initially meant "duke's coin" or a "duchy's coin".

Alexander I also called Alexander I Karadordevic or Alexander the Unifier (Serbian, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandar I Karadordevic) (Cetinje, Principality of Montenegro, (16 December 1888 [O.S. 4 December] – Marseille, France, 9 October 1934) of the Royal House of Karadordevic (Karageorgevich) was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–34) and before that king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29).

Gold Coins of Bulgaria 20 Leva Gold Coin of 1894, Ferdinand I.

Bulgarian Gold coin 20 Leva

20 Leva Bulgarian Gold Coin

Principality of Bulgaria 20 Leva Gold Coin of 1894, Ferdinand I.
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Obverse: Head of Ferdinand I left. Mint and engraver´s initials (K.B./A.S.) below.
Translated (translated): "Ferdinand I. Prince of Bulgaria"

Reverse: Crowned Bulgarian coat of arms splitting denomination (20 Leva). Date (*1894*) below.
Legend (translated): "Principality of Bulgaria"



Engraver: Anton Scharff (A.S.)., Mint Place: Kremnitz (Hungary).,  Mintage: 100,000 pcs.
Reference: KM-20, Friedberg 3.
Diameter: 21 mm., Weight: 6.41 gram of Gold (.900)


The lev was introduced as Bulgaria's currency in 1881 with a value equal to the French franc. The gold standard was suspended between 1899 and 1906 before being suspended again in 1912. Until 1916, Bulgaria's silver and gold coins were issued to the same specifications as those of the Latin Monetary Union. Banknotes were issued until 1928 were backed by gold ("leva zlato" or "zlatni", "лева злато" or "златни") or silver ("leva srebro" or "srebarni", "лева сребро" or "сребърни"). ISO 4217 codes have been assigned to the lev overall (BGO) and the gold lev (BGZ) and silver lev (BGS).

Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria (February 26, 1861 - September 10, 1948), born Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the Knjaz (Prince Regnant) and later Tsar of Bulgaria as well as an author, botanist, entomologist and philatelist.

The Principality of Bulgaria was a de facto independent vassal of the Ottoman Empire established by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878.

Russian Imperial Gold Coins 5 Roubles Gold Coin of 1873, Alexander II of Russia.

Russian Imperial Gold Coins

Russia 5 Roubles Gold Coin

Russian Imperial Gold Coins 5 Roubles Gold Coin of 1873, Alexander II Tsar (Emperor) of Russia.
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Obverse: Denomination ("5 Roubles"), flanked by stars of David. Mint date (1873) and initals (C.П.Б) of St. Petersburg.
Legend: ЧИСТАГО ЗОЛОТА 1 ЗОЛОТНИКЪ 39 ДОЛЕИ *
Legend (Translated): "Pure Gold 1 Zolotnik and 39 parts (dolya) *"

Reverse: Heraldic eagle with shields of provinces (duchies), holding imperial orb and staff . Mint initials (HI) below.

Mint Year: 1873., Denomination: 5 Roubles.
Mint Master: Nikolai Iossa (HI)., Mint Place: St. Petersburg (C.П.Б)
Reference: Friedberg 163, KM-B26. R!
Diameter: 23 mm., Weight: 6.55 gram of Gold (.917) - 0.1929 oz AGW
5-rubles coin, issued under Alexander II of Russia and struck at the St. Petersburg mint during 1873.

Swedish Gold Coins 10 Kronor Gold Coin of 1901, Oscar II.

Sweden 10 Kronor Gold Coin

Swedish 10 Kronor gold coin

Swedish Gold Coins 10 Kronor Gold Coin of 1901, Oscar II.

Obverse: Head of Oscar II as King of Sweden and Norway right. Date below.
Legend: OSCAR II SVERIGES OCH NORGES KONUNG * 1901 *

Reverse: Crowned coat of arms, flanked by privy mark (crowned bust) and engraver´s Initials (E.B).
Legend: BRÖDRAFOLKENS VÄL - 10 KRONOR

Engraver: Emil Brusewitz
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 4.48 gram of Gold (.900)

Oscar II (21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907), born Oscar Frederik was King of Norway from 1872 until 1905 and King of Sweden from 1872 until his death. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.