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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1033724, member: 8959&quot;]As mentioned, many Peruvian coins make use of the cornucopia as a symbol of wealth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting peruvian Sol dated 1864, with the additional interesting feature that the bottom row of coins falling from the cornucopia each bear a small letter spelling out the name of the then mint director (Dionisio Derteano). This illegal modification was made &quot;off-line&quot; at the mint, and for the sole benefit of the mint director, who viewed the mint as his own personal source of wealth (!)&nbsp; This is a very rare coin also.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned before, the cornucopia was a motif which was commonly used by the Roman and Greeks on their coinage. Here are a sestertius of the emperors Vitellius and Hadrian both featuring a standing figure (Moneta, Pax, Concordia, Abundantia, Libertas, Felicitas, etc) bearing the cornucopia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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