Waves on coins

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Czechoslovakia, 10 haleru, 1938.

The Charles Bridge over the Vltava river in Prague.

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Czech Republic, 5 korun, 1994.

That river again.

I've drunk too many Czech beers and can't pronounce its name right now. 

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Czech Republic, 10 haleru, 1999.

The same river again? In reality it could be any old river.

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Greece, 50 drachmai, 1980.

The most realistic waves ever.

I once spent ten minutes gazing at this design.

Before I knew it, my lungs had filled up with water.
 

I was rushed to hospital.

While there, I died and went to coin heaven.

There I met the defunct coins of the Slovenian tolar.
 

They complained bitterly to me.

They told me how they had been brutally murdered by the euro.

I sympathised deeply.
 

Then suddenly I was brought back to life.

I told the nurses about my strange experience.

They didn't believe a word of it. 

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Greece, 1 drachma. 1976.

Nice neat waves under this ship.

You would never get sea sick with waves like that.

I approve. 

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Greece, 50 drachmes, 2000.

Nice complex waves under this ship.

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Lebanon, 5 piastres, 1961.  Curly at the front but not at the back.




Lebanon, 5 piastres, 1925.  Zig-zag waves.




Lebanon, 10 piastres, 1955.    Calm waves.



Lebanon, 5 piastres, 1952.  Curly waves.

Lebanon.  One country, many wave types. 

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They didn't believe a word of it. 

Of course not. When they heard that "brutally murdered" nonsense, they figured, yeah, one of his oh-things-used-to-be-better-in-the-past phases. Here are some nice waves from Danzig.

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Art deco waves. Beautiful!

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Dainty waves from Danzig.

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Alderney, 5 pounds, 2004. 

Realistic train, impressionistic water and waves.

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Kiribati, $20, 1992.    Intricate waves.

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Cape Verde, 20 escudos, 1994.

Bird sees waves. Fish waves goodbye to the sea. 

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Australia, $1, 2019.  Mutiny On The Bounty.

Spikily surrealistic waves.

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Spain, 1925, 25 centimos.

Storm waves on a turbulent sea.