Post Your Coins Featuring An Architect

Here's another from the modern US commemorative coin series...the 1992 White House Bicentennial Silver Dollar.

The coin's reverse includes a half-length portrait of James Hoban, the original architect of the White House. The Irish-born Hoban was also the architect behind the Old South Carolina State House in Charleston, South Carolina (1790) and the First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia (1795); Hoban also worked as a supervising architect on the US Capitol, as well as on many other projects, including Oak Hill, the home of James Monroe.

I like that white house dollar! You can see Europe likes commemorating their architects more than the US. Here's an Italian 10 Euro featuring Andrea Palladio, an Italian Renaissance master and his Villa Rotunda near Vicenza. I also got to see this house during my study abroad.

Up next is Fillipo Brunelleschi. He designed the Duomo in florence Italy and was one of the first Renaissance architects. The large dome was quite the engineering feat at the time. This coin is a 1977 1000 Lire from San Marino in a commemorative booklet which has caused some nice toning.

Here's a 10 Euro from Germany featuring Gottfried Semper, the architect of the Berlin Philharmonic. I really like this one because it features a floor plan on the coin.

Been a while since I posted on this topic. Here's a 2006 10 Euro from Germany featuring Karl Freidrich Schinkel. He was a famous Prussian architect in the early 19th century.

Forgot about this thread. Here's a 1998 Markka from Finland featuring Alvar Aalto.

Very nice!