Text and Fonts on Coins

[<k>]

"Groan!" is all I can say. 

[<k>]

Cayman Islands, 50 cents, 1987.

Collector coin only. The flower is growing through the numeral zero.

Or is it a deep fake? 

[<k>]

India, 50 paise, 1985.

Look at this.

Two stretched numerals, but only the bottom part of the numeral '5' is stretched.

What a disgrace. Never in my born days have I seen another '5' like it.

The designer should have been sacked on the spot. 

[SandyGuyUK]

Cayman Islands, 50 cents, 1987.

Collector coin only. The flower is growing through the numeral zero.

Or is it a deep fake? 

Whilst on the subject of coins of the Cayman Islands, I've always liked their original dollar coin design because of the way it merges the dollar sign and the numeral together.  Very pleasing!



https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27526.html

[<k>]

Singapore, 1 dollar, 1975. 

Interesting to see how the strokes of the dollar sign are threaded through the "S".

It would be physically possible to do this with a 3D model.

Somehow the perspective does not look right, though.

The design as shown does look impossible.

(Found it!).

[krishna]

Whilst on the subject of coins of the Cayman Islands, I've always liked their original dollar coin design because of the way it merges the dollar sign and the numeral together.  Very pleasing!



https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27526.html

the bee makes the coin come alive, flowers are due to bees, and visa versa

[FosseWay]

So, FosseWay - just what have you got to say for yourself?

I put to you the question:

"What did you know - and when did you know it?" 

I was born in 1974. Nuff said 

[FosseWay]

FWIW, in hand written communication (which I prefer to avoid anyway ) with Americans, I always make sure that the digit 1 is written like a mere vertical line. Germans tend to over-emphasize the short diagonal part on the left, while Americans tend to ignore it completely. This may lead to confusion ("ah, that is a 7" – "no, of course it's a 1").

Likewise, when I am writing numerals that are likely to be read by Germans and French (in particular), I always add the diagonal bit. Such as on postcodes on mail to be sent to those countries.

[<k>]

Burundi, 1 franc, 1970.

Nicely geometrical text.  Two semi-circles on one side.

A circle on the other side, and the denomination enclosed within a square (almost).

Simple but effective.

[<k>]

Portugal, 1 escudo, 1984.




Spain, 1 peseta, 1982.

Compare and contrast.

The 1 escudo coin was 18 mm in diameter, while the 1 peseta coin was 21 mm in diameter.