Text and Fonts on Coins

[Pellinore]

Usually only capitals are used, interesting!

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Angola, 10 kwanzas, 2012.  "Kwanzas" is in lower case and italics.

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Angola, 100 kwanzas, 2015.  Here, "Kwanzas" begins with an upper-case K.

[chrisild]

A good reason for the use of all caps on coins.   Ah well, on French collector coins I have seen "EURO", "Euro" and "euro" as well ...

Christian

[<k>]

Some more example of lower-case text.

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The Netherlands.

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Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi protectorate.

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Isle of Man.

 

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Nigeria.

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Ireland.

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Portugal, 20 escudos, 1960.

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Cuba, 10 centavos, 1994. 

Notice how the cents symbol is contained within the numeral zero of the denomination. 

[<k>]

Look at the denomination: 10 f. That zero figure is the most disgracefully shaped zero I have ever seen. Is it time to expel French Polynesia from the EU? 

[Figleaf]

If people readily understand it, what's the problem? I have more problems with countries where the zero ٠ and the five ٥ look practically the same on the coins, while there is a perfectly good alternative 5 in Persian and Urdu: ۵. Try expelling Iran from the EU

Peter

[chrisild]

Guess the designer wanted to come up with something similar to the style of the U's and S's. Nah, that is fine with me; I would not have used the lowercase F for francs though.

Here is another odd zero, from a presumable design for an Andorran €2 commem* to be issued this year. Yes, that piece commemorates a 600th anniversary.

(* As we all know, there is no way to throw a country out of the EU. But Andorra is not even a member state, hehe.)

Christian