Musicians On Coins - Post Your Examples

@commems, perhaps you can post the song(s) Benjamin Frankin wrote?

Although not a composer, Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) is certainly a household name in the classical music scene.
He was one of the most acclaimed conductors of orchestra during his time, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, and his ear for orchestral detail and sonority.
He started his career as principal conductor at La Scale, but left for the USA in the early 1930's due to a fallout with the fascist regime of Mussolini and attacks on his life. In the USA, he was director of the New York Philharmonic and the NBC Symphony Orchestra until his death in January of 1957 at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City.

Two more coins featuring Hungarian composers.
The firs one is a modern issue of Bela Bartok (1881-1945) who was discussed in an earlier post. The coin struck in 2006 commemorates his 125th birthday.



The other coin commemorates László Lajtha (1892-1963). As a twentysomething, he worked with Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly to transcribe Hungarian folk songs, heading up a project to produce a series of folk music recordings.
He was awarded the Coolidge Prize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza...ue_Coolidge) for his String Quartet No.3, composed in 1929,which brought him international recognition.

Today in the mail a new coin featuring another Hungarian composer: Beni Egressy (1814-1851). He created a number of compositions, including the one to Mihály Vörösmarty's patriotic poem Szózat. He also authored the librettos of the operas Hunyadi László and Bánk bán by Ferenc Erkel.

Back two Austria for two more coins. One of Schubert and one of Johann Strauss.

Another Hungarian coin. This time a 500 Forint from 1981 commemorating Bela Bartok.

It has been a while, but after a long wait I have another coin to add to my collection of Coins of Composers.
This time, a 200 Korun coin from the Czech Republic commemorating František Škroup (1801-1862).



František Jan Škroup was a Czech composer and conductor. He was a fairly successful opera and singspiel composer, producing more than a dozen stage works. However, he is mostly known for composing the melody for the Czech national anthem "Kde domov m#367;j?".