Circulation sets with all plant/flower/tree designs on one side

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Paraguay.


Paraguay, 1 centimo, 1950.

Guava flower.  Psidium guajava, the common guava, is an evergreen shrub or small tree.
It is native to the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
It is easily pollinated by insects; in culture, mainly by the common honey bee, Apis mellifera.

The coin was issued in 1944, 1948 and 1950.


Paraguay, 5 centimos, 1947.

Passion flower. 

Passiflora edulis is a vine species of passion flower.

It is native to Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Its common names include passion fruit and purple granadilla.

The coin was issued in 1944 and 1947.


Paraguay, 10 centimos, 1947. 

The Orange blossom is the fragrant flower of the Citrus sinensis (orange tree).
It is used in perfume making and has been written about as an aphrodisiac
The coin was issued in 1944 and 1947.


Paraguay, 25 centimos, 1951. 

The flower of the Lapacho tree. 
Handroanthus impetiginosus: pink ipê, pink lapacho, or pink trumpet tree.
It is a native Bignoniaceae tree of America.
It is distributed from northern Mexico south to northern Argentina.
Lapacho is the national tree of Paraguay.

The coin was issued in 1944, 1948 and 1951.


See: Paraguay: floral set of 1944 to 1951.
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Tonga 1981.


Looking at the Tongan 1981 design series, you will see that, apart from the non-standard 1 and 2 pa'anga coins (which were issued only in 1981), all the standard reverse designs show fruit, plants, vegetables.

By contrast, the 1975 set does not count, since it has only four plant designs, of which two are obverse designs and two are reverse designs.
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Cape Verde 1994.


Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) issued floral designs in 1994.

However, the 1 cent coin showed a turtle - not a flower.

So, that set does not quite meet the criteria for this topic.

Despite that, I show the flower designs here - above.
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Switzerland.


5 rappen.  Two branches of grape vine

10 rappen.  Two oak branches with acorns.

20 rappen.  Alpine roses.

½, 1, 2 francs.  Left: oak branch.  Right: alpine roses.

5 francs.  Left: edelweiss.  Right: alpine roses.


See also:

Circulation sets with duplicate pictorial designs

Coinage of Switzerland
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Albania.


1 lek.      Oleander flowers (left) and oak leaves (right)

5 leke.    Olive branch.
 
10 leke.  Laurel branch.

20 leke.  Oak leaves and laurel leaves.

50 leke.  Oak leaves with acorns.

100 leke.  Oleander flowers.
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Turkey, 1000 lira, 1990.  Wheat sprigs, and olives (?).



Turkey 2500 lira 1991.jpg

Turkey, 2500, lira 1991.  Sycamore leaves.



Turkey 5000 lira 1992.jpg

Turkey, 5000 lira, 1992.  Tulips.



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Turkey, 10 000 lira, 1994.  A carnation.



Turkey 25 bin lira  1995.jpg

Turkey, 25 000 lira, 1995.  A rose.

NOTE: the coin images shown are not to scale.


From the late 1970s and through the 1980s, Turkey's coins had very similar reverse designs.

Those designs were old-fashioned and undistinguished.


They usually featured an outer wreath, or else sprigs that flanked the denomination.

The denomination was shown large and in the centre of the coin.


From 1990 to 1995, however, Turkey gradually issued a few more interesting designs.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea.  Floral set, 2002 / 2008.


1  chon.  Royal azalea.
5  chon.  Chinese magnolia.
10 chon.  Rhododendron mucronulatum.
50 chon.  Kimjongilia flower.  Begonia.
1  won.  Kimilsungia orchid.

All the coins are dated 2002, except for the 1 chon and 5 chon, dated 2008.
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