(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=133019)
Three pence, three acorns.
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=133020)
Six pence, six acorns.
(https://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=135543)
Staying on the number theme, how many bees do you see on this Tongan 20 seniti coin of 1975?
Quote from: coffeetime on March 03, 2011, 02:12:10 AM
Staying on the number theme, how many bees do you see on this Tongan 20 seniti coin of 1975?
Ua noa! I'd never noticed that before.
And of course, the Lundy puffin and half puffin of 1929 show the appropriate bird and fraction thereof.
(https://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=135544)
The Tongan 50 seniti was even more ambitious.
Excellent! And no, I hadn't noticed before.
Peter
Tongan 50 Seniti :
What a beautiful coin! 8) Had never seen before.
Aditya
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10347.0;attach=87929;image)
Counting down, then: Tonga 10 seniti.
While familiar with that entire Tongan series, I hadn't noticed the numbers of elements on the reverses at all. I don't think they're much of a help in attributing a denomination, though, as you'd be on for ages trying to count them. The small numbers of acorns (or dots, or C's) are at least functional as well as decorative!
Somewhat more abstract, but the same idea. Two coins from a very scarce series of patterns of coins for what was to become the Netherlands Indies. On the reaal are 8 dots. Each dot represents 6 duiten. On the 8 reaal are 8 lines, each representing 6 stuivers.
Peter
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Finland, 25 markkaa, 1979.
25 fish, 25 markkaa.
Cool! I even have that Finnish coin. But it never occurred to me that the number of fish could be related to the face value ...
Christian
Quote from: chrisild on April 22, 2011, 06:33:43 PM
But it never occurred to me that the number of fish could be related to the face value ...
Christian
"What good is a brain without eyes to see?!"
Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein, 1942.
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Phh, I don't need twenty-five fish in order to understand the face value of that piece. ;D That the number of acorns on the 3d and 6d coins corresponds to the denominations, that I knew. The examples from Tonga - very interesting, have never seen those before.
Here is another one. Not only do the jubilee (50 years WWF) and the denomination (50p) correspond, no, if you count the animals and other symbols (except the WWF logo in the middle), how many do you get?
Christian
Quote from: chrisild on April 23, 2011, 12:18:33 AM
Not only do the jubilee (50 years WWF) and the denomination (50p) correspond, no, yes, if you count the animals and other symbols (except the WWF logo in the middle), how many do you get?
Christian
This was announced in the pre-blurb. At the time I didn't see how you would fit 50 themes on one coin, but the "designer" has cheated by using 50 tiny two-dimensional Microsoft clip-art GIFs.
I am not really fond of the design, but it sure is an eyecatcher ...
Christian
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=125273)
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=121637)
Those Australians only went and copied the British threepence, didn't they?
Three stalks for threepence, three acorns for threepence - is that what they used to cost?
Not what I'd call a bargain. I've never been to an acorn shop, so I wouldn't know.
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=111368;image)
Three thrift plants for threepence is much better value for money, I'd say.
I think you wrote about these in other threads, but not in this one.
India 1 - 2 rupees (1 - 2 fingers)
(http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img17/87-331.jpg)(http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img17/87-327.jpg)
India 1 - 2 rupees (single / double cross)
(http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img17/87-322.jpg)(http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img17/87-326.jpg)
Quote from: izotz on December 05, 2011, 09:20:55 AM
India 1 - 2 rupees (1 - 2 fingers)
Side note: If something like that was done on German coins, the "2" piece would look a little different. :) We use the thumb and the index finger to indicate the "2".
Christian
Quote from: chrisild on December 05, 2011, 10:21:41 AM
Side note: If something like that was done on German coins, the "2" piece would look a little different. :) We use the thumb and the index finger to indicate the "2".
Christian
The Last time, when i was in Leipzig, my friend remarked at the way I gestured "three"
(http://web.archive.org/web/20120605185456/http://markyoungtrainingsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/three-fingers.jpg)
and then I asked what the german way was.
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never having thought of it before, I wonder why we indians don't do the latter! its obviously simpler
Quote from: paisepagal on December 05, 2011, 10:32:05 AM
and then I asked what the german way was.
Zat is not ze korrekt vay. ;D Actually I am note quite sure what is done where, but I learned to not use the thumb when ordering drinks in the US. Usually I use my thumb for "1", thumb and index finger for "2", thumb/index/middle finger for "3", and just before you think this is getting boring, four fingers
except the thumb for "4" ...
As for design and denomination, maybe we should include the US Kennedy half dollar too which villa66 just posted here:
Quote from: villa66 on December 05, 2011, 05:39:17 AM
For fun, a Kennedy half dollar; the multiple meanings of its stars, anyone?
Christian
I would naturally use the first of paisepagal's gestures for three. AFAIK the standard English way of counting with fingers is index for 1, index and middle for 2, index, middle and ring for 3 etc.
Specifically in the British context, though, it is important to show two fingers either with your palm away from you (like Churchill's victory sign), or, if you have your palm towards you, to keep the two fingers together (which may reduce the comprehensibility of the gesture). Showing a 'reverse victory sign', or two fingers splayed with the palm towards you, is offensive (either intentionally or humorously so) -- it's the equivalent of a single raised middle finger in the States, or the 'bras d'honneur' in France/Italy.
Back on topic, Charles II's English small silver of the 1670s/80s consisted of one C for the penny, two for the twopence and so forth (threepence illustrated):
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/4/2/8/8/4/1/webimg/483543285_tp.jpg)
In a similar vein to the George V threepence and sixpence of the UK, the South African equivalents of the same period and later had three/six fasces:
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=39634.0;attach=74120;image)
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=39634.0;attach=74133;image)
(https://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=135669)
Tonga, 1 pa'anga, 1975.
100 date palm trees. Why? Because 1 pa'anga is equal to 100 seniti.
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Poland.
The 1, 2 and 5 groszy and the 2 and 5 zloty fit the theme.
The rest of the series does not, unfortunately.
Nepal, 25 rupee, 1985.
25th Anniversary of Panchayat.
Panchayat or Notified Area Council or City Council is a form of an urban political unit in Nepal comparable to a municipality.
Australia, 50 cents, 1977.
Silver Jubilie.
Bagamas, 2$, 1966.
Suriname, 1, 2 and 4 duit, 1679.
Suriname 2 duit 1679.jpg Suriname 4 duit 1679.jpg
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Mexico 5 centavos 1911.jpg
Mexico, 5 centavos, 1911. Reverse design.
This coin type was issued from 1905 to 1914. It was the only coin of the set with this style of reverse design.
The outer circle of the coin design contained a series of five dots, as on a domino piece, and a series of "V" characters.
"V" was of course the Roman numeral used for "5".
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Fun to note, but likely to be a coincidence. That border is part of a compass, therefore likely to be a reference to navigation and sea voyages, making the dots a decorative pattern that is part of the compass.
Peter
Portugal 20 escudos 1999.jpg
I see what you mean.
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=123769)
South Africa: 1, 2 and 5 rand coins due in 2023.
There are two springboks on the 2 rand coin.
On the 5 rand coin, there are two whales and three little fish - five creatures in total.
Before I knew what the 1973 "ring of hands" 50p was meant to signify (as it was far from obvious) I remember thinking it must be the number of fingers and thumbs on the hands totalling 50. I then counted up the hands and realised there were only nine, so that was that theory out...
Very brave of you to tell such a story against yourself.
I'm guessing you failed your maths GCSE, then? >:D
Quote from: <k> on November 27, 2022, 05:48:11 PMVery brave of you to tell such a story against yourself.
I'm guessing you failed your maths GCSE, then? >:D
It seemed like the obvious reason. I probably didn't count the hands for years. I was only just over a year old when the UK entered the EEC, so the reason for the coin meant nothing to me until about 20 years later when I found out. Prior to then I thought it was just an alternative design to Britannia.
How bad of the EEC not to have 10 members in 1973, so that the fingers and thumbs total could equal the denomination!
Quote from: Alan71 on November 27, 2022, 06:51:32 PMHow bad of the EEC not to have 10 members in 1973, so that the fingers and thumbs total could equal the denomination!
They nearly did, but Norway decided not to join, after all.
The coin should have stated its purpose with a special legend, of course.
The Brexit 50 pence similarly does not state its purpose.
(http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=125349;image)
Southern Rhodesia, 3 pence, 1937.
Three spear tips.
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Rhodesia, 3 pence, 1968.