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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1532886, member: 39&quot;]Well, the Greek coin with Alexander was a propaganda piece. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The government even pre-dated it in order to keep Macedonia (aka FYROM) from using the sun or star of Vergina as its symbol.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Macedonian coins have a stylized sun, see <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/5_denari.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/5_denari.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/5_denari.jpg</a> Also, the current French 10c, 20c and 50c coins have the Sower with a few sun rays <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8517.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8517.gif" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/image8517.gif</a> - based on Roty&#039;s original design but modernized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Links only, as I do not think of these two as &quot;beautiful&quot; coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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