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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/historymemes/p/806332/coins
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wait. is that ancient coin the basis for the mechanical owl in clash of the titans???
I like to imagine a time traveler from Ancient Greece seeing this coin and being like
Does each country have their own Euro coin?
Each country makes coins and Bills and releases them in their countries. But they’re valid in the whole eurozone.
The front side of the coin looks the same, only the back is different for each country. There are also commemorative 2€ coins celebrating events or other things.
The bills look all the same you can only tell the issuing country by the first letter of the serial number.
Yes, even Monaco or the Vatican get their own euro coin.
“I heard you guys like coins so we put an entire coin on a coin!”
I remember when Lira used to make these bimetal coin in a coin things. I remember someone telling me back in my youth that bimetal coins were made of oils coins so they could cut costs but make a coin that worked in vending machines without having to resize the internal change sorters. I never believed it and never looked it up.
The olive branch is also a pretty neat aspect.
The myth is that Athena and Poseidon were competing to get the city named after them. Poseidon created either a spring or the first horse, depending on what version of the story we’re talking about. Athena gave them the first olive trees, which was a great hit amongst the people, so she won the contest.
So the coin not only reflects her with the owl, but also the gift of the olive they received from her.
The more modern belief though is that the city was named first, and Athena rose up as their mascot, since her name doesn’t really fit with typical naming conventions of the time, but moreso with the way places were named.
The more modern belief though is that the city was named first, and Athena rose up as their mascot, since her name doesn’t really fit with typical naming conventions of the time, but moreso with the way places were named.
Could be why she was also named Pallas Athena sometimes.
Gods really had much more active social lives back in the day…
Running around playing spears with the boys, building tribute statues after you accidentally kill them, making herself living tribute after her statue gets messed up…
🦉EYPΩ
That’s rad
I thought every euro coin looks the same, interesting
The euro coins have a “European side” that is the combining factor and a “national side” that is designed by the member states themselves.
Most coins aren’t that interesting - https://www.muenzen.eu/euromuenzen-rueckseiten.html
Cool coincidence
