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Singapore: coat of arms change in the 1990s

Started by <k>, October 15, 2015, 11:50:12 AM

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Singapore, $1, 1989.


Here you see the change in the coat of arms on Singapore's coins.

I had never noticed this before. What was the reason?


Somebody suggested that the down-turned ribbon suggested a glum face.

So it was changed to suggest a smiley face - better Feng Shui.

I'm sure they were joking.  :D
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See: The Royal Mint Museum.

Figleaf

The Singapore government loves to "modernise". The (nice) hotel on Orchard road I stayed in on my first visit had gone by the time of my second visit. Chinatown is reduced to one market block. The treasures of the little Peranakan settlement are now in a sturdy museum. Even Change Alley, once a famed pirated goods outlet (three "Cartier" watches, one diamond studded for $30! Two of them actually still worked after my return) is dull now and they are working on kicking people out of Newton circus. In that perspective, a change in ribbon and shield holder position is so minor, a designer could have cooked it up for no reason but trying not to look lazy. :)

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Enlil

Quote from: Figleaf on October 15, 2015, 12:26:44 PM
The Singapore government loves to "modernise". The (nice) hotel on Orchard road I stayed in on my first visit had gone by the time of my second visit. Chinatown is reduced to one market block. The treasures of the little Peranakan settlement are now in a sturdy museum. Even Change Alley, once a famed pirated goods outlet (three "Cartier" watches, one diamond studded for $30! Two of them actually still worked after my return) is dull now and they are working on kicking people out of Newton circus. In that perspective, a change in ribbon and shield holder position is so minor, a designer could have cooked it up for no reason but trying not to look lazy. :)

Peter
Sounds like Hong Kong, is this some type of competition with China to remove history.

Figleaf

Hong Kong is not as aggressive when it comes to "modernisation", except where the slums became a place to hide for Maoist terrorists (long ago). They also got rid of the fleet of junks at Aberdeen - where I once had what I consider my best meal ever - because Indochinese boat fugitives had taken refuge there and Kai Tak, once the world's most dangerous airport, is now a golf course, but there are fun overcrowded streets and seedy markets left.

China is indeed on the same course, tearing down old housing complexes around a courtyard, but so are Japan and South Korea, acting callously when it comes to anything old and made of wood that's not a temple. Meanwhile, we get upset when a rich sadist kills a friendly lion or an over-age elephant but don't react when what's left of an old quarter gets bulldozed for yet another 30-floor block of concrete.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.