Netherlands Waterloo Commemorative

A Netherlands commemorative of the 200th anniversary of the Waterloo Battle victory.The battle scene seems busy, but well done. This is another of those coins I'd like to see in person to judge how well it works.

India Swami Vivekanand 5 Rupees

Here's another one where it's the pose of the subject that caught my eye - the arms folded stance is unusual in coinage. Are there many others like this?

Greece Pythagoras 5 Euros

With my interest in the history of science and technology, I naturally liked this one with Pythagoras showing a visual proof of his famous Pythagorean Theorem stating that the sum of the squares of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. There. Never thought I'd get to use the word "hypotenuse" in The E-Sylum, but there it is. I guess everything IS connected back to numismatics in one way or another...

Sealand Prince Roy Commemorative

Pabitra Saha writes:

Austria Voralberg 10 Euro

This one strikes me as a hideous abomination. Even forgetting that the reverse design is horribly busy, whatever is on or behind the woman's head on the obverse make it look like she's sporting a huge Afro. It's disturbing.

Argentina Bimetallic 1 Peso

Pabitra Saha writes:

Nothing really special about this one, but maybe that's why I like it. It's a simple design that seems to work well in the bimetallic format. I've always likes the sun motif and appreciate what looks to me like a Liberty Cap on a pole on the reverse.

Czech Republic Benoit Blachut Commemorative

Pabitra Saha writes:

The reverse design is another representative of the "words as a design element" school. Often it works, but I don't think it does here. Too much, too flat. Doesn't work.