Nothing is really new out there

Jeffrey Meffert · 05-23-2010, 10:51 PM

I was looking at a keychain of my dad's which has a 1932 cuban peso in it and thinking that it somehow looked familiar. Then it struck me....

Esteban_cool · 05-24-2010, 01:35 AM

Actually, the star/rays combo is very usual in Latin American republican symbols. You can still see them in any country, and any official issue article emitted by their governments; lots of chilean coins minted during the 1930´s period had the very same star.
And I could understand there is a closer resemblance if that coin was minted after 1962.

BTW, can you show the reverse?

Jeffrey Meffert · 05-24-2010, 06:25 AM

A pleasing design may be created independantly by different artists but when I see things like this, I always wonder.
The obverse of the 1932 cuban coin is shown.
Now the North Korean order...no coincidence there.

deValcourt · 05-24-2010, 10:13 PM

The North Korean badge is not coincidence. They are/were so heavily influenced by the last great (size) communist state that the North Koreans could model themselves after. I don't collect these, but I'm sure - much like with Mongolia - there are many N. Korean awards that are very similar in some basic way to Soviet awards. The same would apply to Cuba (and most of the post WWII communist/socialist countries), especially as Esteban mentions above, in the early to mid-1960s when Castro was still more or less on a leash.

Besides, haven't you ever heard of "socialist emulation"?

Phillip

Jeffrey Meffert · 05-24-2010, 10:50 PM

Ah, but the cuban coin is from the 30's so one can argue some wartime soviet medal designer saw the caribean coins,

05-24-2010, 01:35 AM	#2
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	Re: Nothing is really new out there Actually, the star/rays combo is very usual in Latin American republican symbols. You can still see them in any country, and any official issue article emitted by their governments; lots of chilean coins minted during the 1930´s period had the very same star. And I could understand there is a closer resemblance if that coin was minted after 1962. BTW, can you show the reverse? __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

05-24-2010, 10:13 PM	#4
deValcourt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cajun Country Age: 56 Posts: 1,565	Re: Nothing is really new out there The North Korean badge is not coincidence. They are/were so heavily influenced by the last great (size) communist state that the North Koreans could model themselves after. I don't collect these, but I'm sure - much like with Mongolia - there are many N. Korean awards that are very similar in some basic way to Soviet awards. The same would apply to Cuba (and most of the post WWII communist/socialist countries), especially as Esteban mentions above, in the early to mid-1960s when Castro was still more or less on a leash. Besides, haven't you ever heard of "socialist emulation"? Phillip __________________ Phillip

05-24-2010, 10:50 PM	#5
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 68 Posts: 640	Re: Nothing is really new out there Ah, but the cuban coin is from the 30's so one can argue some wartime soviet medal designer saw the caribean coins,

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