Bespectacled portraits

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Mobutu of Zaire.



Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 makuta, 1967.




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Zaire, 1 zaire, 1970.  Gold coin.
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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara of Gambia.
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King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho.
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, former prime minister of Mauritius.
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President Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal.
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There are many different numismatic portraits of the King of Thailand.
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<k>



North Korea, 20 won, 1994.  Death of Kim Il-Sung.
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Death of Tito, Yugoslavia, 1000 dinar, 1980.
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Gusev

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Nepal, Shah Dynasty,  Indra Rajya Laxmi Devi - Queen Mother.
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Bimat

Belgium €5 (2014): Higgs Boson.



Aditya
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Belgium €10 (2003): Georges Simenon.

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Aditya
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<k>

Who was the earliest monarch or statesman to be portrayed on coins wearing spectacles, I wonder?
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@josephjk

India 1969 Mahatma Gandhi 1 rupee

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India 2002 Jayaprakash Narayan 1 rupee

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India 1998 Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das 2 rupees