Coins
1 – A coin worth 5 Deutsche Mark, struck in 1970, in the Bundesrepublik Deutschland…
2 – Coin worth 10 Pfenning featuring “Stadt Bonn” (town of Bonn), dated 1920. (Ø 21 mm / 0.082″).3 – Coin worth 10 Mark, dated 1970, from the Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
4 – A medal from Bonn…
5 – A medal dated 1999 struck by the Beethoven-Haus of Bonn…
6 – A German medal, signed by Th. Gruner. The heads side depicts Beethoven almost smiling, and the tails side shows a beautiful engraving of the house where Beethoven was born, in Bonn.
A beautiful medal…7 – A german medal from 1926, struck by K. Goetz and depicting Goethe et Beethoven.
8 – German medal…
9 – German medal with Beethoven’s portrait and, on the other side, mention of the Eroïca, Fidelio and the Missa Solmenis…
10 – Medal with an original portrait of Beethoven on one side and his native house on the other side…
11 – Gold medal dated 1980. On the other side, these words are engraved: ‘Licht senden in die Tiefe des Menschlichen Herzens – Des Künstlers Beruf’ (Light from the Artist goes into the deep Heart of Mandkind).11b – Silver medal dated 1980, like number 11 but bigger.
2 – Silver medal dated 1977, realised for the 150th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. It was created by the Beethoven Haus in Bonn.
13 – Small coin from the collection “Große Musiker” (see also the silver medal number 21).
14 – German medal from a series ‘Die Großen Deutschen’.
It shows Beethoven at the piano on one side, and the German eagle on the other side…
15 – German medal which reproduces a profil bust by Karl Bauer…16 – German Medal for the 200 years of Bonn’s train station…
17 – Silver medal, dated 1989 created for the 100th anniversary of the Verein Beethoven Haus. The portrait is probably from J. B. Schreiner, and made in 1909.
18 – Silver medal. The reverse side says: ‘Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom or philisophie – Beethoven’.
See also medal number 34.
19 – German medal with the portrait of Beethoven made in 1786 by Joseph von Neesen. The reverse side is about the nomination of the young Ludwig as organist in 1787.20 – Medal with the portrait of Beethoven.
On the reverse side, there are the signature of the composer, his name and the dates of his birth and death.21 – German Medal in silver. Portrait of Beethoven with texts both in German and in English: ‘Great Musicians – Germany’.
The reverse side shows a statue and an inscription which might be greek (see also the gold medal number 13)…
22 – Modern portrait of Beethoven.
On the reverse side, the words ‘Berühmte Deutsche’ (Famous Germans) and a greek temple, a pantheon.23 – Superb silver medal dated 1977.