Trees on coins

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Yemen, 20 rials, 2004.

Dragon's blood tree (cinnabar).

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Seychelles, 5 rupees, 1982.

Coco-de-mer palm tree.

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Philippines, 2 piso, 1983.

Palm tree.

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Madagascar, 50 ariary, 1992.




Madagascar, 50 ariary, 1996.

Baobab trees.

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Zimbabwe 10c. Baobab tree.

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Guatemala, 5 centavos.   Silk cotton tree.

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Colombia, 500 pesos, 2011.

Guacari tree.

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Mauritius, 5 rupees, 1992.

Palm trees.

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Seychelles, 5 rupees, 1972.

Giant tortoise and palm trees.

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Prince Edward Island, 1 cent, 1871.

In 1769 St. John's Island became a separate colony. It received a great seal bearing a representation of a large oak spreading over three saplings. Underneath, was the inscription, parva sub ingenti: the small under the protection of the great. This referred to the island being under the protection of Great Britain. The three saplings are now regarded as representing the three counties of Kings, Queens, and Prince, and the oak, Prince Edward Island, as it was renamed in 1799.

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Lebanon, 50 piastres, 1929.

The Lebanese are fond of their cedar trees.

Here's a superb design from a 1929 50 piastres.

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Germany, 5 Reichsmark, 1927.

A nice German oak tree.

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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

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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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Here we have a cork oak on a coin from Portugal.



Christian