Gold Carl Spitzweg The Poor Poet Coin
- Pure fine gold: 24 karat, 999/1,000
- Swiss minting: by Valcambi
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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
The Poor Poet, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
The poet in bed beneath the open umbrella, the quill in his mouth, as a relief in gold. Spitzweg painted the picture in several versions.
The original
A painting in several versions.
Spitzweg painted this picture in several versions. That is why this page names no single location and no single size.
- Painter
- Carl Spitzweg
- Work
- The Poor Poet
A second look
On our coin, the poet lies in bed beneath the open umbrella, the quill in his mouth, the window on the left.
A tour
Where the originals are at home.
Paris is the centre, with the Louvre, the Orsay, the Marmottan and the Orangerie. Then come museums from Florence to Kraków and, across the Atlantic, New York and Washington.
Paris
- Marten and Oopjen Musée du Louvre
- Mona Lisa Musée du Louvre
- Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) Musée d’Orsay
- Self-Portrait of 1889 Musée d’Orsay
- Water Lilies Musée de l’Orangerie
- Impression, Sunrise Musée Marmottan Monet
- Tahitian Women Musée d’Orsay
- Liberty Leading the People Musée du Louvre
Vienna
- Young Hare Albertina
- The Art of Painting Kunsthistorisches Museum
- The Kiss Belvedere
Munich
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe Alte Pinakothek
- Promenade Lenbachhaus
- Blue Horse I Lenbachhaus
Florence
- The Birth of Venus Uffizi Galleries
- Primavera Uffizi Galleries
Amsterdam
- The Night Watch Rijksmuseum
- Marten and Oopjen Rijksmuseum
The Hague
- Girl with a Pearl Earring Mauritshuis
London
- The Umbrellas National Gallery
Düsseldorf
- Four Girls Kunstpalast
Braunschweig
- The Girl with the Wine Glass Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Wiesbaden
- The Butterfly Hunter Museum Wiesbaden
Salzburg
- Sunday Stroll Salzburg Museum
Kraków
- Lady with an Ermine Czartoryski Museum
Venice
- Vitruvian Man (drawing) Gallerie dell’Accademia
New York
- The Starry Night Museum of Modern Art
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Siesta Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Neue Galerie
Washington
- Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son National Gallery of Art
- Luncheon of the Boating Party Phillips Collection
Under the loupe
The painting in gold, up close.
The coin bears the painting as a fine relief, whole or as a detail, together with the painter’s signature or monogram.
The value side bears RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD, the national coat of arms, 999/1000 FINE GOLD and 3000 FRANCS CFA.
PoetThe poet with the quill
Enlarged from the photos in our gallery.
The craft
The painting in gold, the colour on the card.
The coin bears the painting as a relief in gold, 15.4 × 11 millimetres, issued by the Republic of Chad at 3,000 CFA francs.
- The blister card
- On the front the painting in colour with the painter’s signature or monogram, the coin in the window, on the back the details of the issue.
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- The Poor Poet
- Painter
- Carl Spitzweg
- Weight
- 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
- Fine weight
- 0.031 g
- Fineness
- 999/1,000
- Face value
- 3,000 Francs CFA
- Issuing country
- Republic of Chad
- Dimensions
- 15.4 × 11 mm
- Mintage
- 50,000 pieces
- Packaging
- Blister card
After the tour
Most of the originals are at home in museums, from Florence to Washington. Whoever wants to see them travels to them.
This coin brings one of them home: in gold, with the painter’s name, and in colour on the card.
Gold Carl Spitzweg „The Poor Poet" – German Art History in Purest Fine Gold
Details at a glance:
- Design: Carl Spitzweg's world-famous painting "The Poor Poet" from 1839 – a humorous Biedermeier masterpiece depicting the poet beneath an open umbrella in his garret, today one of the most beloved paintings among Germans. Finely relieved, it showcases exquisite detail in the smallest of spaces.
- Material / Fineness: Struck from gold with a high fineness of 999/1,000 – that is, 24-carat purest fine gold, which permanently retains its warm shine.
- Manufacturer: Produced by Valcambi in Switzerland, one of the world's most renowned precious metals mints.
- Issuing country / Face value: Republic of Chad, official face value 3,000 CFA Francs.
- Format: Rectangular coin measuring 11.00 x 15.40 mm, delivered on a high-quality blister card (coincard).
- Fine weight: 1/1,000 oz (approx. 0.031 g), year of issue 2024.
- Mintage: Strictly limited to 50,000 pieces, Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition.
With this gold coin edition, you acquire a piece of German painting in physical gold. No other work by Carl Spitzweg enjoys such enduring popularity as "The Poor Poet" – surveys place the painting right behind Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa among Germans' favorite paintings. This exact design is featured on the coin, making it a special ambassador of the "Art & Culture" series.
The Design: Spitzweg's Masterpiece in Miniature
In 1839, the artist painted an impoverished poet lying on a mattress in a cold garret, wearing a nightcap and a patched dressing gown. An umbrella hanging from the ceiling protects him from dripping rainwater as he works undeterred on his verses. The original hangs in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich; another version was once housed in the Nationalgalerie Berlin. Spitzweg created a total of three completed versions – a testament to how much this subject occupied him. The reverse of the coin shows this iconic image, while the obverse bears the national coat of arms of Chad with the inscriptions "REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD", "3000 FRANCS CFA" as well as "999/1000 FINE GOLD".
Full-Value Investment Gold – The Value Lies in the Fine Gold
As appealing as the design is, the true reason for purchase lies in the substance. You are acquiring minted fine gold, whose value is primarily determined by the gold price. Gold is the oldest currency in the world, a store of value proven over more than 6,000 years that has never fallen to zero. As a small denomination, this coin is ideally suited for gradually entering physical gold investment and building wealth over the years.
- Value preservation & inflation hedge: Gold preserves purchasing power when confidence in fiat money wanes.
- crisis protection: A tangible asset with intrinsic value, independent of banks and money printing.
- High liquidity: Gold can be traded worldwide and converted back into cash at any time.
- Wealth transfer: As a long-term investment, gold can be passed down through generations.
As the big brother of small silver, gold also impresses with its enormous value density in the smallest of spaces. For those seeking a personal occasion, this edition can also be given as a genuine gold investment for a birthday, christening, or Christmas – what is given here is not merely a motif, but a tangible asset of real value. The fine minting by Valcambi and the strictly limited mintage of 50,000 pieces round off a product that combines artistic enjoyment with the timeless stability of precious metal.
Gold has shone for millennia – and will never lose its shine in the future. This coin combines that enduring promise with one of the most beloved motifs in German art.
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