Trees on coins

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February 17, 2011, 02:23:04 AM Last Edit: August 18, 2022, 11:24:28 AM by <k>
Yemen 20 rials 2004.jpg

Yemen 2004. 20 rials. Dragon's blood tree (cinnabar).
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February 17, 2011, 02:24:04 AM Last Edit: June 12, 2022, 11:19:28 PM by <k>
Coco de mer trees.jpg


Seychelles 5  rupees.  Coco-de-mer palm tree.
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February 17, 2011, 02:26:26 AM Last Edit: October 12, 2022, 10:00:34 PM by <k>
Philippines 2 piso 1983.jpg

Philippines. Palm tree.
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February 17, 2011, 02:27:21 AM Last Edit: October 02, 2022, 02:14:20 AM by <k>


Madagascar 5 ariary. Baobabs tree.
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February 17, 2011, 02:28:47 AM Last Edit: August 21, 2022, 01:55:43 PM by <k>
Zimbabwe 10c 1980-.jpg

Zimbabwe 10c. Baobab tree.

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February 17, 2011, 02:31:01 AM Last Edit: August 07, 2022, 01:12:34 PM by <k>
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Guatemala, 5 centavos. Silk cotton tree.
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February 17, 2011, 02:33:06 AM Last Edit: October 02, 2022, 02:14:53 AM by <k>
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Colombia. Guacari tree.
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February 17, 2011, 02:34:06 AM Last Edit: August 20, 2022, 07:49:06 AM by <k>
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Mauritius, 5 rupees, 1992.  Palm trees.
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February 17, 2011, 02:44:52 AM Last Edit: October 02, 2022, 02:15:08 AM by <k>




Seychelles, 5 rupees, 1972.  Giant tortoise and palm trees.
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March 03, 2011, 06:08:13 PM Last Edit: October 02, 2022, 02:15:34 AM by <k>
Prince Edward Island 1871 1c.jpg

I had never seen this beautiful Prince Edward Island cent until today.

Who knows which species of trees are depicted on it?
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March 03, 2011, 06:40:02 PM Last Edit: March 25, 2019, 01:02:39 AM by <k>



The Lebanese are fond of their cedar trees. Here's a superb design from a 1929 50 piastres.

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March 03, 2011, 07:09:30 PM Last Edit: August 20, 2022, 08:04:12 AM by <k>
Germany 5RM 1927.jpg

A nice German oak tree from 1929 now, on the 5 Reichsmark coin.
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March 03, 2011, 07:10:52 PM Last Edit: March 03, 2011, 08:32:06 PM by Figleaf
Just like the Germans are fond of their forests. The oak tree, symbol of strength and power and for many centuries raw material for everything sturdy, from furniture to ships.

This coin illustrates a tree problem: trees are big. If you look at them from some distance, you can't see which tree it is and if you move closer, you lose part of the tree. I think that explains why the leaves are out of proportion.

Interesting detail: the legend EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (unity and justice and freedom) is taken from the third stanza of the German national anthem. After the second world war, the first stanza was thought to be too nationalistic. However, this coin precedes that decision...

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

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March 03, 2011, 07:41:35 PM
Quote from: Figleaf on March 03, 2011, 07:10:52 PM
Interesting detail: the legend EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (unity and justice and freedom) is taken from the third stanza of the German national anthem. After the second world war, the first stanza was thought to be too nationalistic. However, this coin precedes that decision...

Yes, it is the third verse of the "Lied der Deutschen". But this third verse only is the German national anthem. In the German Empire that was different. But even in the Weimar Republic, pretty much every 3 or 5 RM coin had that motto, either on one side (as here) or on the edge.

Another interesting detail is the twigs. See how some do not have any leaves? The designer Maximilian Dasio apparently did that on purpose; for him those twigs represented the territories that were "lost" after WW1.

Christian

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March 03, 2011, 07:46:37 PM
Here we have a cork oak on a coin from Portugal.



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