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Styles of numismatic design

Started by <k>, July 16, 2020, 03:07:21 AM

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Mythology still sometimes appears on modern coins.
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Symbolism has many uses. Communist hands and EU/EEC hands.
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Patterns and motifs. The geometric motifs above are from the Netherlands.
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Arabesques from Morocco.
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Now we come to humans. Above we see a highly realistic style.
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Stylised portraits of Queen Beatrix. Was she actually a real person?
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Was the King of Sweden a robot?
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Belgium.








Luxembourg.
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Stylised animals.

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Realistic animals without a background.
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Animals against a natural background.
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High realism in portrayal of humans.
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Heroic portrayal of humans on coins of communist Yugoslavia.
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Political symbolism and humans.

The sunrise supposedly symbolises a bright future for workers in the Soviet Union.
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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