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nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 11:27 pm So, in the spirit of other "post a coin that matches the theme" threads, here is a thread for posting coins that depict the well-known species Homo sapiens. BUT!! There is a restriction! (so that this thread is not entirely trivial!) For too long have we seen monarchs and politicians on coins - but why? Surely we can identify more with the working class? So the real rules of this thread: post a coin in this thread featuring a human being who is not a named historical figure. Allegorical depictions of Liberty or Justice and the like are also OK to post. But no kings or queens or founding fathers or founding mothers or anything like that! No, this thread celebrates those often-underappreciated depictions of generic and fictional people. Apparently this hard-working man from Luxembourg is an iron puddler. From communist Poland we get this fisherman. It's rare to see an aluminum coin that actually had effort put into the design. Two unnamed Indian flagbearers celebrating the 25th anniversary of the republic. We see a lot of American Liberty, but here is her younger (and better-looking) sister Colombian Liberty. I have no idea if the woman on this classic is Liberty or Italia or Justice or whatever, but it is a nice-looking coin. (So: it's OK if a coin has a monarch on it as long as the other side depicts something more relevant to the theme of this thread) One more note: I know we have lots of American coins here, so please don't post the same type of American coin more than once. Report this Post to the Staff

skyshark124 Pillar of the Community United States 1109 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 11:41 pm I'll play! Here's my 1911 gold quarter eagle, featuring an unnamed Indian with headdress. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 11:42 pm 1968 German Federal Republic 50 pfennig 1968 Viet nam (South) 20 Dong Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 12:42 am I'll give you two obverses where I have a scan on hand: From Vanuata showing a single warrior. From the Marshall Islands showing plenty people. Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 12:49 am Indonesia 1998 Rp 100 Karapan Sapi (my only yellow one too, too bad it looks so mushy) Indonesia 1974 Rp 5 Keluarga Berencana (turn on the overhead lamp too bright, overhead off too dark, tricky to photo aluminium) Indonesia 1979 Rp 5 Keluarga Berencana (same as above but much smaller, inflation in Indonesia is very fast) Report this Post to the Staff
yarm Valued Member United States 343 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 07:46 am A pair from Scotland. Report this Post to the Staff
barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5839 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 09:01 am I hope these qualify: Expanded Digital U.S. Type Set Album \| Dansco 8100 (Lincon Cents) Album \| Digital Proof Type Set \| Digital U.S. Currency Type Set \| Foreign Bullion Coins Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 09:14 am 1913 Buffalo nickel 2011 ASE 1896-O Morgan 1916 Mercury dime Report this Post to the Staff
TypesetsbyJ Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 8:54 pm Here are a few of mine: Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 9:25 pm My "budget" coin of Julius Caesar. Carries his name but not his likeness. The obverse features the head of the goddess Venus and the reverse depicts Aeneas, a mythological Trojan hero who went to Italy and was the ancestor of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Republic AR Denarius Obv: Diademed head of Venus, facing right Rev: Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and the Palladium, CAESAR in right field Mint: Military mint traveling with Caesar, in North Africa (struck 47-46 BC) Ref: RSC 12, Crawford 458/1, Sydenham 1013 Size: 16 mm wide Rome and the Roman state was often personified as a goddess, Roma. This continued even into early medieval times when Rome and all of Italy were Christian and under the rule of the barbarians (civilized by this point, although they kept many of their tribal customs and rules). This very rare coin is from that era. But by then however Roma became more of an idea than an officially accepted deity, similar to Lady Liberty today. Municipal Coinage of Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom AE Half-Follis (20 nummi) Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX in ex Mint: Rome (struck 493-526 AD) Ref: BMC 30 Size: 23 mm wide Edited by VisigothKing 10/21/2014 9:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 10/22/2014 10:54 am 1942 New Zealand One Shilling (Not my image. It was used in GTP once and I like the coin.) Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7187 Posts	Posted 10/22/2014 12:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
matttheriley Pillar of the Community United States 1512 Posts	Posted 10/22/2014 1:36 pm Cú chulainn Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9375 Posts	Posted 10/23/2014 05:13 am 1924 One Rouble from Russia 1967 50 Centavos from Portugal. Steve Report this Post to the Staff
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