From dragons and eagles to presidents, clipper ships and vintage cars, nearly every image has been featured on a coin nowadays. Yet, when a wholesale grocer from Houston, Texas, asked Monterey’s President Paul Stark to feature a head of lettuce on a coin, he was initially puzzled. “How can we make it look classic and realistic?” he asked.
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For centuries, the subject of Chinese painting includes flowers, birds, fruit, vegetables, fish, animals—and in particular dragons. Generally, the dragon was considered to be a benevolent creature, a bringer of rain and emblem of the emperor. It also represented male fertility and as such is associated with water. The dragon may be rising from the waves or writhing between misty clouds. This 2-inch dragon coin, ...
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