Most "appearances" on coins, sheer volume. Abe or Queen Elizabeth II?

ambro51

Lots and lots of individual coins bear the portrait of these two. Who wins??

gummibear

My bet is liz. So many countries and denominations for 60+years. I would think by a factor of at least 10 she wins.
Richard

OPA

<< <i>Lots and lots of individual coins bear the portrait of these two. Who wins?? >>



I would think it's the Queen. Numerous "Colonies" use it.

OldEastside

Well I keep trying to count........But that Fiat commercial with the girl and scorpian comes on and I lose count

Steve

Dentuck

I dunno about Liz. . . . the mintage of the British penny in 2008 was about 688 million.
The mintage of the Lincoln cent in the same year was more than 5.4 billion. And
that disparity goes back year by year for decades.

My vote is for Abe!

Dentuck

Reminds me of a comment by retired U.S. Mint director Edmund Moy
at the Baltimore Expo earlier this month. During the question-and-answer part of our roundtable (with John Mercanti),
an audience member asked about foreign coins struck by the U.S. Mint. Moy said something along the lines
of Philadelphia being able to strike an entire year's worth of coins for Ecuador in three days, and it's just not
worth the preparation and production time and expense.