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Message:: [QUOTE="Bob White, post: 1763037, member: 26497"]This question could lead to some interesting and valuable opinions and facts. Hope mine are at least interesting. Of course many countries shy away images of people for religious reasons. Common in most Muslim countries for example. Then there is the "put our great dictator and leader on every note we print" school of design. Quite a few countries have gone  down that path - Kenya being one of the most obvious during the Moi years. Europe addresses the tricky issue of not favouring the notables from any nation by using iconic architecture - probably as good a solution as there is, given the constraints of 20 or so sovereign states using the same notes.  And bridges are appropriate symbols.      Without doing a scientific survey, I'd have to guess that symbols (plants, birds, architecture) are becoming more common in an era of political correctness. Somebody will always be offended by the choice of the other guy's hero, so just put the national bird on the notes and move on. And don't overlook the back of the notes. While the front page gets the headline ( you write for The Globe, right?), the back page usually has more intimate imagery.  One of my favourites right now is the last-gen Canadian $5, which had little kids playing hockey on an outdoor rink. That's a symbol nearly all Canadians can identify with.[/QUOTE]