BY METAL
gold — real coins
87 coins (gold). Every image is a photograph of a real coin, with source and licence.
Croeseid
c. BC 550・gold
Gold daric
c. BC 510–330・gold
Gold stater of Philip II
Circa 336–328 BC・gold
Gallo-Belgic gold stater
2nd–1st century BC・gold
Gold stater of the Parisii
2nd–1st century BC・gold
Gold stater of Vercingetorix
52 BC・gold
Aureus of Augustus
BC 27–AD 14・gold
Corn-ear stater of Cunobelinus
c. AD 9–c. 40・gold
Aureus of Claudius (found in Southern India)
50–51 AD・gold
Gold Coin of Kanishka I (Dinar)
127–151 AD・gold
Kanishka Buddha Coin
2nd century・gold
Solidus of Constantine
AD 310–313・gold
Solidus
AD 312–・gold
Solidus of Constantine
320 AD・gold
Kacha's Dinar
4th century・gold
Samudragupta's gold coin (Javelin type)
335–380・gold
Gold coin of Kumaragupta I
414–455・gold
Solidus of Justinian
538–545 AD・gold
Visigothic gold tremissis
c. 575–711 (the age of striking the king's name)・gold
Merovingian gold tremissis
6th–7th century・gold
Tremissis of Cunincpert
Late 7th century・gold
Gold dinar of Offa
Imitation dated 774・gold
Hyperpyron of Alexios I
1092–1118・gold
Hyperpyron of John II
c. 1118–1122・gold
Gold maravedí of Alfonso VIII
1174–1217 (held to be struck at Toledo)・gold
Morabitino gold coin
Sancho I (late 12th–early 13th century)・gold
Florin (fiorino)
AD 1252–・gold
Venetian zecchino (ducat)
AD 1284–・gold
Fiorino d'oro (florin)
13th–14th century・gold
Agnel d'or (the gold lamb)
1311・gold
Genovino gold coin
1337–1344・gold
Noble of Edward III
1344–・gold
Franc à cheval (the franc on horseback)
1360・gold
Écu d'or à la couronne (crowned gold écu)
1385 onward・gold
Ducat of Venice
14th–15th century・gold
Venetian Ducat
1400–1413・gold
Cruzado gold coin
Afonso V, first struck 1457・gold
Angel
1465–・gold
Écu d'or au soleil
1475–1547・gold
Português large gold coin
Manuel I (early 16th century)・gold
Sultani Gold Coin (Suleiman I)
16th century・gold
500 réis gold coin
Sebastian (later 16th century)・gold
Kōshū ichibukin (one-bu gold of Kai)
Later 16th century–1860s・gold
Gold ducat
Established 1586・gold
Écu d'or
Late 16th to early 17th century・gold
Keichō koban (oval gold piece)
AD 1601・gold
Keichō koban
AD 1601–1695・gold
4 cruzados gold coin
Philip II as king of Portugal (early 17th century)・gold
Louis d'or (Louis XIII)
1640・gold
Gold coins of Shah Jahan (three on display)
First half of the 17th century・gold
Genroku koban
AD 1695–1710・gold
Guinea
AD 1663–1814・gold
Moidore gold coin
Late 17th–18th century・gold
Sultani (Ahmed III, 1703)
1703・gold
Sequin gold coin (Mahmud I)
1730・gold
Eight escudos of Philip V (onza)
1735・gold
Napoléon (20-franc gold coin)
1803–・gold
Napoleon I 20 Francs Gold Coin, 1810 (Musée Carnavalet)
1810・gold
The sovereign of 1817
1817・gold
George III Sovereign 1817 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1817・gold
George III Sovereign 1817 (Obverse/Reverse in separate files)
1817・gold
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand I, 15 Ducati, 1818
1818・gold
20 Drachmai Gold Coin of Othon
1833・gold
United States, Half Eagle ($5 Gold), Classic Head, 1834
1834・gold
United States Two-and-a-Half-Dollar Gold Coin (Classic Head) 1835
1835・gold
Twenty-franc gold coin of Louis-Philippe
1847・gold
Double eagle
AD 1849–1933・gold
Twenty-franc gold coin of Ceres
1851・gold
Twenty-franc gold coin of Napoleon III
1856・gold
Man'en koban
AD 1860–1867・gold
Old twenty-yen gold coin
AD 1870 (dated Meiji 3)・gold
Gold sovereign
AD 1817–・gold
Twenty-mark gold coin
1873・gold
20 Kronen Gold Coin (dated 1915)
Dated 1915・gold
Saint-Gaudens double eagle
1907 (MCMVII)・gold
20 Won Gold Coin
1907・gold
Gold Lira of Mehmed V
AH 1327, Regnal Year 3 (1911)・gold
50 Pesos "Centenario" Gold Coin
1921・gold
Chervonets Gold Coin (The Sower)
1923・gold
Hundred-franc gold coin of Bazor
1935・gold
4 Ducat Gold Coin (dated 1915, restrike)
Dated 1915・gold
Vienna Philharmonic Gold Coin
From 1989・gold
400 troy ounce 995.5 gold bar (National Bank of Poland Money Centre)
Photographed in 2016・gold
Sovereign gold coin 2017 (in issue card, reverse)
2017・gold
Gold bar (Banque de France exhibition for the 2022 European Heritage Days)
Photographed in 2022・gold
Gold Bar (Bank of England Museum exhibit that visitors can lift)
Photographed in 2023・gold
Lifting a Gold Bar (Bank of England Museum, 2024)
Photographed in 2024・gold