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Started by <k>, May 05, 2012, 04:46:11 PM

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#30
June 11, 2012, 03:31:52 AM Last Edit: August 23, 2022, 06:35:36 PM by <k>


Not the sun itself, but the Inca mask of the sun, on a 1991 50 sucres coin from Ecuador.

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#31
July 10, 2012, 06:09:35 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2022, 07:43:15 PM by <k>
Kiribati 5c 1979.jpg

Kiribati, 5 cents, 1979. 

The national coat of arms includes a frigate bird and the rising sun.
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<k>

#32
July 13, 2012, 10:49:58 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2022, 07:43:39 PM by <k>
Georgia common obverse 1993.jpg

Georgia, common obverse of coinage, 1993. 

This is apparently a symbol for the sun, and it appears over the "Christian tree of life".
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chrisild

#33
July 13, 2012, 11:50:40 PM
Right; here is what Wikipedia and I :) can tell you about the symbol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borjgali

Christian

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#34
July 27, 2012, 09:14:39 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2022, 06:37:14 PM by <k>
Uzbekistan 100 som 2004-.jpg

Uzbekistan, 100 som, 2004.
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adam

#35
July 28, 2012, 03:25:12 AM
Poland 2 zl - Japan Expo 2005
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Thai bimetallic coins and nickel alloy 10, 20, 50 & 100 baht coins
Last update: Dec 2015 updated only nickel coin info.
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chrisild

#36
September 25, 2012, 08:12:19 PM
The Oregon Trail commemorative US half dollar has a sun too. Image from Wikipedia.

Christian

chrisild

#37
September 25, 2012, 08:14:23 PM
And Oscar Roty's famous Sower (Semeuse), with the sun in the background, should be added as well. (Source)

Christian

squarecoinman

#38
September 25, 2012, 08:57:36 PM
Sri Lanka  SAF games 100 Rupees Silver
World square coin book 1900-2000

<k>

#39
September 29, 2012, 12:48:28 AM Last Edit: October 11, 2022, 07:44:07 PM by <k>
Argentina, 8 Reales 1838, La Rioja.jpg

Argentina, 8 Reales 1838, La Rioja.
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dheer

#40
January 02, 2013, 09:53:12 AM
The Republic India 1970 Rs 10 Silver Coin [A 20 Paise coin image has already been put up in an earlier reply]



http://coinsofrepublicindia.blogspot.in
A guide on Republic India Coins & Currencies

dheer

#41
January 02, 2013, 10:01:55 AM
The Republic India 1971 Rs 10 Silver Coin and 20 Paise coin - Food for All


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<k>

#42
January 07, 2013, 03:29:15 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2022, 06:36:44 PM by <k>
Lithuania 2c 1991.jpg

Lithuania, 2 centai, 1991.  Sun symbol.
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#43
January 07, 2013, 04:37:44 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2022, 06:36:27 PM by <k>
Bulgaria 5 lev 1992.jpg

The first Bulgarian post-communist coins of the 1990s all show a sun face (and a fish) on the reverse.

Apparently the two symbols represent the "founding nations" of Bulgaria: the Slavs and the Thracians.
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<k>

#44
February 03, 2013, 09:48:47 PM Last Edit: August 23, 2022, 06:31:25 PM by <k>


Zimbabwe, 50c, 1980.  Rising sun, symbolic of Independence.
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