Statues, monuments and memorials

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India 5 Rupees Golden Jubilee of 1965 Operations

The monument in New Delhi at India Gate.


The Coins

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Ireland, 10 shillings, 1966. 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising

The figure of Cú Chulainn is a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin.

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MONIMAN TWA LEZEL –BICENTENNIAL MONUMENT

A grand white geometrical sculpture, with three pairs of extending wings that are exquisitely curved upwards, this symbolic monument was inaugurated on the 4th June 1979 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the town of Victoria since it was founded in 1778 by Charles Routier de Romainville. The monument was designed and created by Italian artist Lorenzo Appiani.

Locals call it the Moniman Twa Lezel (three-Wing monument) for its unusual resemblance to the Seychelles' tropical white tailed bird, the Payanke. The monument symbolizes the triadic origins of the Seychellois people, namely the three continents – Africa, Asia Europe.




THE VICTORIA CLOCK TOWER

The Clock tower was officially erected and inaugurated on the 1st April 1903. It was originally black but was painted silver in 1935 to commemorate and celebrate King George V's Jubilee.

It still stands today as a symbolic monument to Queen Victoria and the link Seychelles has with the United Kingdom: the Seychelles' very own little Big Ben.

See: The Monuments of Victoria.



Seychelles, 1000 rupees, gold.  10th anniversary of independence. 

A silver 100 rupees was issued with the same design, which was created and modelled by Robert Elderton.

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USA, $1, 1984.  Olympics commemorative.

From numista.com:

The 1984 coin's obverse depicts the entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

It prominently features two headless sculptures.

The coin was designed by Robert Graham, who had created the headless bronze sculptures.

But why are the sculptures headless?

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Revolution Square, in Havana, Cuba.

The José Martí Memorial is located there.




Cuba, 1 centavo, 2002.  Convertible peso.  Copper-plated steel.




Cuba, 1 centavo, 2002.  Convertible peso.  Aluminium.

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Iraq, 5 dinars, 1990. 



Victory Arch, Baghdad.

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Colombia, 10 pesos, 1981.





Monument of José Maria Córdoba.

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I already posted it on the landmarks topic, but i think it fits better in this one. The Motherland Calls:



Another ruble from the USSR. Monument of the battle of Berlin:



And the last Soviet one, the 1967s 15 kopeks depictig the Worker and Koljoznica:

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The Jose Rizal monument in Manila.



Philippines, 1 piso, 2017.

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I was going to post this one at the "Children on coins" topic, but i just noticed that the girl depicted is actually an sculpture. Ukraine, 5 grivne:



Holodomor memorial at Kiev.

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just noticed that the girl depicted is actually an sculpture

Right, it is part of the Holodomor Memorial ...

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Right, it is part of the Holodomor Memorial ...

Right, i even attached a pic of the memorial below the coin

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Saw that – I just added the link as an explanation for those who (like me ...) did not know about that memorial.

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Saw that – I just added the link as an explanation for those who (like me ...) did not know about that memorial.

It's ok

Here are two more memorials from former Yugoslavia. 10 dinara, battle of Sutjeska memorial:





And here's her "twin sister", 10 dinara of battle of Neretva:





It's actually a destroyed bridge, turned into monument. They're both located in current Bosnia.

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Zafar Gate in Paghman valley.



Afghanistan, 500 afghanis, 1996.