Medieval tales on coins

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Austria €10 (2011): Der liebe Augustin.

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Austria €10 (2011): The Lindwurm in Klagenfutrt.

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Austria €10 (2010): The Erzberg in Styria.

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Austria €10 (2010): Charlemagne in the Untersberg.

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Austria €10 (2009): Richard the Lionheart in Dürnstein.

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Austria €10 (2009): The Basilisk of Vienna.

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Austria €10 (2009): Richard the Lionheart in Dürnstein.

Aditya

The problem is, this is not fictional:

Wikipedia: Richard I of England - Captivity, ransom and return

As for the Augustin fellow, he appears to have fictionalised himself:

Wikipedia: Marx Augustin.

Marx Augustin (also Markus Augustin, "Der Liebe Augustin") (1643, Vienna – 11 March 1685, (or 10 October 1705), Vienna) was an Austrian minstrel, bagpiper, and improvisatory poet most famous for the song, O du lieber Augustin, which is attributed to him.



Whoever devised this set has confused the boundaries of fact and fiction. It should have been rejected as a concept before ever being minted.

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The arrest is certainly not fictional, but the fictional Robin Hood, dressed as a minstrel (though a minstrel wouldn't ride a horse), communicating by song with the captive king is a scene dreamed up by Sir Walter Scott.

Peter