Favorite Female Allegorical Figure, and why?

savoyspecial

Liberty- USA
Marianne- France
Scotia- Scotland
Helvetia- Switzerland
Britannia- England and her colonies
Hibernia- Ireland


did i leave anyone out??

Blackborder

Germania

dcarr

It depends on the particular rendering.
I like the US $20 Liberty Head best.



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Una.

Of the ones I've done, I like this year's UNA renditions best:

Blackborder

Nice art deco, particularly the third one.

DorkGirl

Switzerland....I love their designs.

SaorAlba

Dania:



Libertad:



Italia:



La Maja Desnuda:



Helvetia in an earlier depiction:



And Helvetia from an even earlier depiction:




And Miss Anne Willing Bingham, aka Ms. Liberty:



Going back into history, Arethusa:

keets

while i can't speak with any authority about the other countries mentioned, i know that our representation of the "soul" on a coin is Liberty. i can't imagine a better virtue to espouse to or a better goal to hope for all men to achieve.

Freedom and Liberty are really what sets us apart from the rest of the world, coinage included.