Clouds on coins

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Clouds exist but are rarely seen in coin designs. Let's see how many we can find.

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Thailand, 1 baht, 1982 / 2525.

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Bangladesh, 5 taka, 1994.

Several variations of this coin type exist, with different shapes and sizes of the clouds.

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Latvia, 2 lati.

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Pakistan 2 rupees 2005 - Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan

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Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, 1 thaler, 1744.

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Iran, 5000 rials, 2013.

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India, 2 rupees, 1998.

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New Zealand, $1 1970.

Mount Aorangi, also known as Mount Cook.


Mountains attract clouds. A cloud lasts for minutes or hours.

Perhaps coin designs do not usually include clouds because they are ephemeral.

Meanwhile, mountains have a potential lifetime of millions of years.

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New Zealand, 50 cents.

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New Zealand, 50 cents, 1994.

HMS Endeavour.

This bimetallic version of the coin was included in mint sets in 1994 only.

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Malawi, 10 kwacha, 2006.

Strangely shaped clouds.

We don't see such clouds here in England.

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Thailand, 10 baht.

Regular circulation coin.

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Thailand, 100 baht, 1975.

100th Anniversary of the Ministry of Finance.

Another Thai coin with clouds on it.

Why are there so many clouds in Thailand? 


I've googled this Ministry of Finance building but can't find it.

It looks more like the Thai Ministry of Defence building.

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I've googled this Ministry of Finance building but can't find it. It looks more like the Thai Ministry of Defence building.

According to this site, the ministry was on Chakkrapong Road, Chana Songkram, Bangkok in 1960. There are no traces of the building on the coin on that road now. There are two places where it may have been: the present National Gallery or the Chana Songkram wat (temple).

Peter