Gold Carl Spitzweg Der Sonntagsspaziergang Coin
- Genuine Investment Gold: 999/1,000 fine gold
- From Switzerland: minted by Valcambi
- Legal Tender: face value 3,000 francs
- Genuine Investment GoldThe value is based on the fine gold and follows the gold price
- From SwitzerlandValcambi from Balerna is known worldwide for precision
- Legal TenderLegal tender of the Republic of Chad
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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
Sunday Stroll, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
A family on a walk through the cornfield, the father in a top hat in front, as a relief in gold. The original is at home in the Salzburg Museum.
The original
At home in the Salzburg Museum.
Spitzweg painted the picture in 1841 in oil on wood. It came from the estate of Fanny von Lehnert to the Salzburg Museum.
- Painter
- Carl Spitzweg
- Work
- Sunday Stroll, 1841
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 28 × 34.5 cm
- Location
- Salzburg Museum, Salzburg
A second look
The Salzburg Museum describes the picture as a family out walking in a field of tall grain.
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.
Salzburg
- Sunday Stroll Salzburg MuseumThis piece
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
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.
NameThe painter’s signature
FatherThe father in a top hat
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
- Sunday Stroll
- 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
- Original
- Salzburg Museum, Salzburg
- 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.
Carl Spitzweg "The Sunday Walk" – Biedermeier Art in Pure Fine Gold
- Design: The reverse shows Carl Spitzweg's painting "The Sunday Walk" ("Der Sonntagsspaziergang"). A cheerful family strolls through a golden-yellow cornfield: the gentleman in a black top hat leads the way, followed by the lady with a yellow parasol, accompanied by colorfully dressed children. Warm, earthy tones, a hilly summer landscape, and the typical Spitzweg signature capture the charm of the Biedermeier era.
- Material / Fineness: Struck in 999/1,000 fine gold – nearly pure gold that shimmers rich and warm, preserving its shine for generations.
- Manufacturer: Produced by Valcambi, one of the most respected precious metal mints in Switzerland, based in Balerna and renowned worldwide for its precision.
- Fine weight: 1/1,000 oz, exactly 0.031 g of fine gold.
- Face value & issuing country: 3,000 CFA Francs, legal tender of the Republic of Chad, year of issue 2024.
- Mintage: limited worldwide to 50,000 pieces.
- Format & condition: 11 x 15.4 mm in bar format, Brilliant Uncirculated, protected in a blister card.
This gold issue combines great art history with the tangible value of physical precious metal. The real reason to buy lies in the fine gold it contains: a genuine asset whose price is tied to the global gold rate. The design is the personal, artistic touch – but the substance is the metal itself. This means you are acquiring full-fledged investment gold in a particularly small, attractively designed denomination.
The Design: Spitzweg's Sunday Walk
Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885) is among the most beloved German painters of the 19th century. With subtle humor and a fond eye for everyday life, he created images that still move viewers today. "The Sunday Walk" is one of his best-known works and celebrates the carefree bourgeois life of the Biedermeier period. Onto the tiny surface of this fine gold minted piece, Valcambi transfers the scene with astonishing detail – from the parasol to the swaying ears of grain in the cornfield.
The obverse bears the coat of arms of the Republic of Chad, flanked by an ibex and a lion, along with the inscriptions "RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD" for the issuing country, "3000 FRANCS CFA" for the face value, and "999/1000 FINE GOLD" for the fineness. As official legal tender, the coin thus carries state-guaranteed status.
Why Gold Is a Wise Foundation
Gold is humanity's oldest currency and has served as a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It possesses intrinsic value, has never been worth zero throughout its entire history, and is recognized worldwide as a medium of exchange. These very qualities make physical gold a reliable foundation:
- Protection of purchasing power and proven inflation hedge when confidence in paper money wanes.
- Reliable crisis protection in politically and economically turbulent times.
- A scarce good with limited supply – one reason for its long-term value stability.
- High liquidity: gold can be traded worldwide and converted back into cash at any time.
- Profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year.
It is not without reason that central banks around the globe hold vast gold reserves to stabilize their financial systems. What serves the most powerful institutions as a safeguard is also available to private investors with this issue – on a smaller scale, but plannable step by step.
Genuine Investment Gold – Also a Wonderful Gift
Whether for a birthday, christening, or another personal occasion: giving this coin away is no small gesture, but a genuine asset made of pure fine gold. Small amounts of gold add up over the years into a substantial holding and can be passed down through generations. In this way, you combine an artful homage to Carl Spitzweg with the enduring value of precious metal – an entry into physical gold investment that also brings joy. Discover more issues in our gold coins category.
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