Cape Verde, 250 escudos, 2015. 40th anniversary of independence.
The only coin to feature wind turbines? Interesting designs on both sides of the coin. The energy that drives wind turbines is of course intermittent, so they are not very reliable. Moreover, they cannot be manufactured using wind power, and the material to build them has to be extracted from the Earth in the usual manner. Their manufacture is therefore as dirty and polluting as anything else.
Sadly, this design uses stick people, a feature that is becoming more common on coins. Perhaps this is to remind us of the concept of
the holographic universe, which suggests that we are living in a hologram that is being projected from the edge of the universe. Our senses may be so configured to make us think that we are three-dimensional. Well, we also think we are solid, but we are made of atoms, and atoms consist of 99.999% space. Remove the "space" from the human race, and the whole of the "matter" of the human race could fit into an area equivalent to the size of a sugar cube. Fact. Now consider that we may be the creation of some entities that are "gaming" us. Have you had any inexplicable experiences in your life? Maybe some "gamers", with a troll-like mentality, were playing tricks on you to enjoy your reactions. Or maybe the gamers generated some UFOs to scare people. It's an interesting idea, if you think about it. But as yet, that's all it is: a theory.
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