Many heads on one design

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Jamaica, $10, 1978.  Design by Calvin Massey of the Franklin Mint.

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Jamaica, $10, 1985.

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Jamaica, $25, 1995.  Design by Avril Vaughan.

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Portugal 2015, "40 years Provedor de Justiça" (sort of ombudsman). Image link: INCM.

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Central African Republic, 10 000 francs, 1970.  United Nations.

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Guernsey, 5 pounds, 2000.  Millennium issue.

One Queen - two heads!  Just see what money can buy.

I wish I could afford two heads, to speed up my thinking. 

[chrisild]

Strange. Such a double portrait would make sense if the two effigies told a specific story (e.g. younger and older portrait), or if the ring and the pill were made to be taken apart (like the Holey Dollar and the Dump). But that is apparently not the case here.

I wish I could afford two heads, to speed up my thinking. 

Overrated. Remember Zaphod Beeblebrox with his two heads? And what did he achieve - invent the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster cocktail ...

Christian

[SandyGuyUK]

I seem to recall that there was a precious metal version of this coin made which *did* indeed come in two pieces as per the Holey Dollar and the Dump.

Granted - this just looks a bit silly on a one-piece coin here!

[Henk]

A classic example: the 8 brothers taler from the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (copied from Wikipedia)

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I don't know that story. Please explain it.

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These Eight Brothers talers (German Wikipedia page) were minted in the early 17th century. They show the eight sons of duke Johann (who died in 1605) to demonstrate who had the right of succession in that country. Some pieces have four on each side, later ones feature all eight on one side, with Johann Ernst as the new duke.

Christian

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Mongolia, 10 mongo, 1959.

Four animal heads, from the old Mongolian state emblem.

Cow, goat, ram and camel.


See:  Mongolia, 5 and 10 mongo, 1959.

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Argentina, 1 peso, 1996.   50th anniversary of UNICEF.