A Modern Coin With Ties To The Past ? Portugal 10 Euro Cent

A lot of Euro coins have ties to the past. Just to give some examples:

- The Dutch coins have always had the head of the reigning monarch on the obverse since it became a Kingdom almost 200 years ago. Every time a new monarch came in place, the coins got adjusted to have the new face. However, the direction of which the monarch faced also changed. So if one king or queen faced left, then the next one would face right.

When the previous queen got into power, there was a series of commemorative coins with both the faces of the old and new queen. The Euro got introduced before the next change of power, but the tradition remains the same: a commemorative coin depicting the new king and his mother (the previous queen), facing one way when she was in power and another commemorative coin facing the other way when he got to power...

- The German 1, 2, and 5 Euro cent coins still have the oak twig that also could be found on the Pfennig coins.

- the French 10, 20 and 50 Euro cent coins still have the sower that was on the 1/2, 1, 2 and 5 Franc coins.

- The Latvian 1, 2, and 5 euro cent coins still have the same shield as the 1, 2, ,5, 10, 20 and 50 Santimi coins had, where the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins use the same shield as the former 1 and 2 Lats.

There are many more samples.

All Portugal euro coins are based on old royal seals. 1,2 an 5 cent have the oldest from 12. century, 10, 20 and 50 cent another seal, and another seal for 1 and 2 € coins. On 2 € coins you also have 7 castles and 5 fortress on the rim of the coin.

As for other countries: Slovenian 1 cent has almost the same design as 20 tolar coin (pre euro currency).

EDIT: Oh, and Latvian 1 and 2 € has the same portrait as 5 Lati coin of the first republic (1929, 1931 and 1932), the so-called 'Folk Maiden' or Milda.
And also Malta uses the Maltese cross on their coins.