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Started by <k>, February 10, 2012, 12:27:20 AM

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Dominican Republic 1 peso 1969-.jpg


Dominican Republic 1 peso 1969.jpg

Dominican Republic, 1 peso, 1969.  125th anniversary of independence.

Puerta del Conde.


Puerta del conde.jpg

La Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate) is the site in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, one of the Dominican Founding Fathers, proclaimed Dominican independence and raised the first Dominican Flag, on February 27, 1844.

The gate is part of a structure called El Baluarte del Conde (The Count's Bulwark), a fort in Ciudad Colonial, the colonial area of Santo Domingo. The fort was part of a larger system of fortifications that ran along a defensive wall which surrounded Ciudad Colonial. The Altar of the Fatherland and Independence Park are located there.
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#76


Italy, 500 lire, 1984.


The Quirinal Palace is a historic building in Rome.

It is known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply Quirinale.

It is one of the three current official residences of the President of the Italian Republic.
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#77
IT_001.jpg

Italy, 1 cent.  Castel del Monte.
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#78


Russia, 10 rubles, 2014.  'Reunification of Crimea.'   Russian propaganda coin.

The design shows the Swallow's Nest.


Swallow's Nest, Crimea.jpg


Swallow's Nest, Crimea-.jpg


From Wikipedia:

The Swallow's Nest is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka, in the Crimean Peninsula. It was built between 1911 and 1912, on top of the 40-metre (130 ft) high Aurora Cliff, in a Neo-Gothic design by the Russian architect Leonid Sherwood for the Baltic German businessman Baron von Steingel.

The castle overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast and is located near the remains of the Roman castrum of Charax. The Swallow's Nest is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Crimea, having become the symbol of Crimea's southern coastline.
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#79
Bahamas $10 1967-.jpg

Bahamas, $10, 1967.  Fortress.
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Figleaf

#80
fort montagu.jpg

Fort Montagu, Nassau.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

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#81
Cuba 1 peso 1989-INTUR.jpg

Cuba, 1 peso, 1989.  INTUR.  "El Morro" fortress and lighthouse.
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Cuba, 10 centavos, 1994.  Convertible peso.

Castillo de la real fuerza in Havana: the Castle of the Royal Force.





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#83
Iraq 1 dinar 1982.jpg

Iraq, 1 dinar, 1982.  The Tower of Babylon.
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#84
Fort San Angelo.jpg


Malta 2 pounds 1972.jpg

Malta, 2 pounds, 1972.  Fort San Angelo.
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#85
Slovenia 5 tolar 1993.jpg

Slovenia, 5 tolar, 1993.  Battle of Sisek, 1593.


Sisek fortress.jpg
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Tirant

When it's about castles, no one beats the spanish medieval coins:



Ok, not an actual castle, i know  ;D

What about this one, 25 pesetas, Torre del Oro, Sevilla:




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#87
Turkey 1 lira 2021.jpg

Turkey, 1 lira, 2021. Castle at Gaziantep, Turkey.
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Honduras ½ real 1871.jpg

Honduras, ½ real, 1871.    N# 10900.

Image from Heritage Auctions.

This was a standard copper-nickel circulation coin, with a diameter of 25.3 mm.

The beautiful design was the work of the French engraver, Albert Désiré Barre.

Who can identify the fortress?
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Monaco 20 francs 1995.jpg

Monaco, 20 francs, 1995.  Prince's Palace of Monaco.


Prince's palace Monaco.jpg
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