Coin designs that mix realistic with simplistic elements

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Some coin designs mix realistic with simplistic elements. Perhaps a human figure is portrayed with a realistic face but with a merely outlined body. Perhaps the humans are realistic but the landscape background is simplistic. I have not seen many examples of such designs, but I will show some here.

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Bhutan, 300 ngultrum, 1993.  40th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Nepal, 2 rupees, 2006.

The cow looks worried. "I'm a real cow, but those hills look phony to me. I've seen that film 'The Matrix'. How can I get hold of the red pill ?"

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Latvia, 2 lati, 1999.

Realistic cow, impressionistic grass. Can it ever satisfy the cow's appetite?

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Alderney, 5 pounds, 2004.  Realistic train and bridge, impressionistic waters, waves and steam.

[Deeman]

Wouldn't say that the Alderney bridge is realistic. Too few bricks!

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Ok, Mr. Bricklayer. I'll take your word for it. 

[Deeman]

Ok, Mr. Bricklayer. I'll take your word for it. 

Stonemason please.

[Figleaf]

It's the same problem coin designers have with tree leaves. Too many of them, so they simplify and either make them larger or draw them as they draw clouds.

Peter

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Kiribati, $20, 1992.  Real people, ghost bird! Scary.

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UK, 5 pounds, 2018. Trees and plants alongside pathway leading upto, and around, the cannons.

[Figleaf]

Not that it matters, but for the record, the "cannons" are in fact 15" naval guns. The diameter means that they were used after 1914 on a (presumably British) battleship. The IWM records say one came from Ramillies, a first world war battleship, the other from Roberts, a second world war "monitor" with recycled main armament.

Peter

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Ukraine, 2 hryvnia, 2015.   120 years of Kharkiv Zoo.

Imagine if you saw some people in the street that looked like those above. You'd be shocked.

The animals certainly look shocked. They've all come out to view these strange creatures.

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Mozambique, 5 meticais, 1980. Tractor. N# 1155

What comes out of a tractor - smoke or steam? In any case, it doesn't look too realistic.

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Cape Verde, 20 escudos, 1994.


Realistic bird, simplistic waves.