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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2838262, member: 39&quot;]Aaah, finally I can contribute something to this topic again. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You will know this of course, but there are many Nasreddin monuments in Turkey, usually depicting him while he sits backwards on a donkey.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story goes that, when people saw him sitting that way, they asked him why. His replies - pick any:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If I sat facing forwards, you would be behind me - and if you chose to walk in front of the donkey, I would be hidden behind you. Either way, it would not work so well.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s not that I am sitting on the donkey backwards, the donkey is facing the wrong way.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;m just interested in where I have been coming from more than where I am going.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The donkey wanted to go one way and I wanted to go the other, so we are compromising.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure there are more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Anyway, about 20 years ago, the Unesco proclaimed a Nasreddin Hoca year, and Turkey issued a coin to commemorate that. Funny piece methinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger image of the coin above, and more Nasreddin coins:</p><p>1996: <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21402.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21402.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21402.html</a></p><p>2008: <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13572.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13572.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13572.html</a></p><p>2015: <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces74579.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces74579.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces74579.html</a></p><p>2016: <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces92897.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces92897.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces92897.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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