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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2964580, member: 8959&quot;][QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2963854, member: 19165&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s interesting how, even with all the design changes, the sun motif still works it&#039;s way into most of these coins. Does this Smiling Sun have any special significance to these countries? (the way the Eagle does on US Coinage, for example?) [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a very pretty 1/2 Dinero!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">As you mention, the use of mountain and rising sun motifs is a recurring theme, not only in Peruvian, Chilean and Argentinian coinage, but also in the early coins of other Latin American nations. The beautiful coinage of the Central American Republic and Ecuador being further examples. </font></p><p><font size="4">In fact, one of the primary currency units of Peru is called SOL (literally: the SUN). </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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