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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1770207, member: 4910&quot;]I always liked this design on a recent Solomon Islands coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_solomonislands_c10_2005.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Solomon Islands 5 Cents 2005 - Ngorieru</p><p>Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II</p><p>Reverse: Ngorieru, chief of the island sea spirits</p><p>These sea spirits were sometimes depicted as having human heads and</p><p>fishlike bodies with gills</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Because the figure on the reverse looked like this one from some time ago:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_rome_trajan_den_mars.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rome Denarius Trajan - Parthico Mars</p><p>Struck: AD 116-117, Rome mint</p><p>Commemorates the Roman conquest of Parthia (now Iraq)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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