Tuvalu: unadopted designs

Started by <k>, December 25, 2016, 05:30:47 PM

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#15
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This 2 cents design was rejected.
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#16
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The improved 2 cents design of a stingray.
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#17
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The amended 10 cents design of a crab.
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#18
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This 20 cents design of a flying fish was rejected.
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#19
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The improved 20 cents design.
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#20
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The improved 5 cents design showing a tiger shark.
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#21
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The 50 cents design.

The octopus looks much more realistic now.
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#22
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The turtle design on the dollar still had too much detail, the RMAC thought.
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#23
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The improved dollar design. 

Apparently the nine sides of the coin represent Tuvalu's nine islands.
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#24
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The five dollars.

The experts said that the man standing up like that would sink the craft.
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#25
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Another attempt at the 5 dollar design.
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#26
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Nearly there. But look at the man standing up.

He would sink the boat when it was being launched, said the experts.
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#27
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The penultimate model of the design.

It was considered to be too cluttered.



Tuvalu $5 1976-model-.jpg

The model of the accepted final design.



Tuvalu $5 1976.jpg

Tuvalu, 5 dollars, 1976.



The finished design.  This was not a circulation coin.
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#28
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The meeting house on the 50 dollars. But where are the people?
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#29
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There you are, people. You heard me.
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