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Styles of numismatic design

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July 16, 2020, 03:50:00 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 02:32:33 PM by <k>
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Mythology still sometimes appears on modern coins.
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July 16, 2020, 03:52:48 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:19:39 PM by <k>





Symbolism has many uses. Communist hands and EU/EEC hands.
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July 16, 2020, 04:02:10 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:19:50 PM by <k>


Patterns and motifs. The geometric motifs above are from the Netherlands.
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July 16, 2020, 04:03:18 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:20:02 PM by <k>




Arabesques from Morocco.
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July 16, 2020, 04:06:01 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:20:14 PM by <k>


Now we come to humans. Above we see a highly realistic style.
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July 16, 2020, 04:10:37 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:20:25 PM by <k>






Stylised portraits of Queen Beatrix. Was she actually a real person?
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July 16, 2020, 04:11:21 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:20:35 PM by <k>


Was the King of Sweden a robot?
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#22
July 16, 2020, 04:13:58 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:20:49 PM by <k>


Belgium.







Luxembourg.
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July 16, 2020, 04:26:26 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:21:00 PM by <k>




Stylised animals.

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July 16, 2020, 04:28:17 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:22:34 PM by <k>




Realistic animals without a background.
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July 16, 2020, 04:30:59 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:22:21 PM by <k>






Animals against a natural background.
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July 16, 2020, 04:35:27 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:22:10 PM by <k>


High realism in portrayal of humans.
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July 16, 2020, 04:36:41 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:21:59 PM by <k>


Heroic portrayal of humans on coins of communist Yugoslavia.
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July 16, 2020, 04:38:46 AM Last Edit: February 08, 2025, 01:21:48 PM by <k>


Political symbolism and humans.

The sunrise supposedly symbolises a bright future for workers in the Soviet Union.
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#29
July 16, 2020, 12:40:33 PM
Quote from: <k> on July 16, 2020, 04:10:37 AMStylised portraits of Queen Beatrix. Was she actually a real person?
Pretty darn sure she is. ;) The third coin should be rotated 90° clockwise by the way. (Yes, the portrait will still look abstract then.) Interesting by the way that the "Je maintiendrai" motto from the Luxembourg coronation coin also appears in the Dutch CoA ...

Christian
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