Lack of ingenuity or just coincidence?

These two look like a father and a son or does the French coin look like an idea from AI copying the design from Zaire coin?

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The Zaire Eiffel tower version looks like “Paris is falling”, when the french version is a lot more dynamic !

Frenchlover

The Zaire Eiffel tower version looks like “Paris is falling”, when the french version is a lot more dynamic !

I have seen once a coin with flying stork or heron on it, with wings spread. Later in Slovenia we got this piece N#175391. Both birds were almost the same or extremely close. So the first thing that came to mind, did the author copy it from other one? Sadly I cannot find the other piece.

I can understand from designers point of view, that it is always hard to do something new. But then again just look at the German eagles on coins, all different and usually totally unique. Collecting these coins is fun just from seeing what king of eagle comes out next.

Based on eagle story, I still see some lack of imagination on the new 2 Euro French coin. It could or lets rather say should be much better.

Maybe there could be an occasional contest of finding two different coins or medals which are crazy alike. 😎

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mikimaus

These two look like a father and a son or does the French coin look like an idea from AI copying the design from Zaire coin?

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N#419643

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Purely coincidence, but that particular art style is nothing new. 🗼

The best case of showing originality and highly artistic capabilities in producing a large number of nice versions of the same subject is San Marino. They are also in my opinion the most beautiful coins of the last century.

GiannaReggio

The best case of showing originality and highly artistic capabilities in producing a large number of nice versions of the same subject is San Marino. They are also in my opinion the most beautiful coins of the last century.

Maybe Numista could add rating on each coin page for best artistic impression, like 1-30 scale?

GiannaReggio

The best case of showing originality and highly artistic capabilities in producing a large number of nice versions of the same subject is San Marino. They are also in my opinion the most beautiful coins of the last century.

Add Italy to that conversation, too!😋