Could you please explain your French Semeuse to me and how it might be relevant?
No direct relation with your coin, I just took it as an example for the fact that a coins designer is not necessarily an expert on gardening. Even in more rural times!
I am sorry I just have my mobile phone now. Please search for "Semeuse Roty" on the web. On coins and/or stamps, it has been the most common design for daily use in France from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of euro (and perhaps for non circulating euros, I don't know). If you look at her hair, you notice she is sowing face to the wind. None peasant would have do so...