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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2336788, member: 39&quot;]You may know the story of the arrows. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The originally issued version of that 50 centimos coin had the bundle of arrows pointing down. Here is a similar example from the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Reyes_Católicos-Universidad_Salamanca.JPG/1024px-Reyes_Católicos-Universidad_Salamanca.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Reyes_Católicos-Universidad_Salamanca.JPG/1024px-Reyes_Católicos-Universidad_Salamanca.JPG" rel="nofollow">University of Salamanca</a>, featuring the &quot;Reyes Católicos&quot; Ferdinand and Isabella.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the same bundle, but with the arrows pointing up, was a symbol of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain#Francoism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain#Francoism" rel="nofollow">Falange</a>, a movement &quot;absorbed&quot; by Franco. So apparently somebody decided that the arrows had to be turned around ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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