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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2475968, member: 39&quot;]Over here the two are different symbols, and used differently. In fact, the German Wikipedia says that the Caduceus (Hermes Staff) is sometimes used by medical institutions in the US which apparently mix it up with the Rod of Asclepius. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; While I don&#039;t have any ancients that I could show here, let me add that the Royal Dutch Mint (KNM) uses the caduceus as its mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It was introduced precisely 200 years ago <a href="http://www.knm.nl/Het-muntteken/nl/page/417/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.knm.nl/Het-muntteken/nl/page/417/" rel="nofollow">http://www.knm.nl/Het-muntteken/nl/page/417/</a> and is still used on Dutch coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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