Faces of Money:
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
2,400 Years of Portraits on Money
Educator's Workbook with Fun Facts &
Activities
What did Cleopatra really look like? Probably more like Julius Caesar
than Elizabeth Taylor, based on her image as portrayed on ancient
Egyptian coins.
Visitors to the American Numismatic Association’s Money Museum
can see Cleopatra, legendary rulers and explorers, conquerors, tyrants,
English queens, American political icons, those who fought for a cause,
inventors and entertainers at a new exhibit, “The Faces of
Money: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.”
Here are a few of the items represented: Click on the images to
enlarge and the titles to "Know More!" Then, you can decide if they are
the best of the best, the badest of the bad, or just plain
ugly!
Susan
B. Anthony, silver medal, 1967, United States
Alexander
III (the Great), Tetradrachm, silver, 312 -310 B.C., Egypt
Jesus
Christ, Nomisma, gold, A.D. 976-1025, Byzantium
Christopher
Columbus, one Dollar, 1992, Bahamas
Charles
III, bronze medal, 1964, Spain
Cleopatra,
silver Denarius, 32 B.C., issued by Marc Antony
Albert
Einstein, 5 Lirot, 1968, Israel
Adolf
Hitler, bronze medal , 1933, Germany
Abraham
Lincoln, bronze plaque, 1965, United States
Charles
A. Lindbergh, bronze medal, 1927, France
Samuel
Sharpe, 50 dollars, 1988, Jamaica
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