The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject
The famous statue, the Lion of Lucerne, inspires two silver coins taking markedly different approaches to the subject Carved into a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Lion Monument was designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen, and sculpted by Lukas Ahorn, in 1820-21. The subject was a strange and controversial one at the time, as it commemorated [...]