Propaganda/Promotion coins

We probably all know that in the Roman Empire most of the coins were struck to send a message to the folks, who did not have CNN and internet at that time to project how great we are, here is a sample, saying: " I have captured Dacia (Transsylvania)" and you guys shut up...!: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27991.html

Another one is our first Hungarian King, Stephen, who was so busy to promote his reign over Pannonia/Hungary that he issued countless coins like this:https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces33125.html

Saying: "Regia Civitas - STEPHANVS REX"

Though those coin was minted between 997 and 1002 we cannot consider this rare - as I for one have 17 species of it - and you can get it for EUR 15 anywhere. Because it was minted in such a volume!

It was minted to promote the fact that me Stephen, I am the king in Pannonia/Hungary and you guys shut up...

Any other examples of that propaganda/promotion coinage?

Dacia and Transylvania are two different things.
You should have put Romania and not Transylvania in the ( ).
Although Transylvania is also Romanian and that works too but it's not completely true.

when I look at these coins it feels like the coins are telling me to get back to work

soviet union 1 ruble and 50 kopecks

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4589.html

Cita: kommodoreDacia and Transylvania are two different things.

... and how would You, My educated Vlach Friend, describe those differences for the uneducated folks, who have no clue?...

"At times Dacia included areas between the Tisa and the Middle Danube. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus corresponds to the present day countries of Romania and Moldova, as well as smaller parts of Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, and Ukraine."
Wikipedia

It's not ok to say "Dacia ( Ukraine or Serbia or Hungary)", as the vast percent of it is now Romania.

Glad to teach you.

I am not in any case being xenophobe, as i think boundaries (countries) are a thing of the past. But i like to have correct facts.

Cita: kolikko99when I look at these coins it feels like the coins are telling me to get back to work

soviet union 1 ruble and 50 kopecks

THAT is a real lovely one, we have a lot of those scenes in Communist countries...

I have a lot of propganda banknotes I will post pictures later

Cita: kolikko99I have a lot of propganda banknotes I will post pictures later

would be lovely...

"we give you electricity now go out there and work hard"

"grab your rifle, go out there and return to the motherland as a hero!"

"make your motherland proud and work hard!"

"you are independent and you are not part of the uk but I'm still your master, obey me!"

"go out there and defend your homeland!"

"austrian women are beautiful, austrian landscapes are beautiful and our national dress is beautiful"

"this is what a real man looks like, proud about he's country and the master race!"

"our factories are great, our women are beautiful, our nature is beautiful and first of all our military is mighty"

Here's one for imreh  
Trajan(emperor of Rome) and Decebalus (king of Dacia), both ancestors of modern Romania to show the great history we have.

Cita: kommodoreHere's one for imreh  
Trajan(emperor of Rome) and Decebalus (king of Dacia), both ancestors of modern Romania to show the great history we have.

nice note! especially because my profile picture is a photo of emperor trajans silver denarius.

Well, I don't know if you were including counter stamped currency, but I won this off a different coin website. It is the nicest counter stamp I have ever seen, no flaw in the stamp. No bubble on rev, no ripples, no cracks or splits. Very nicely made, but propaganda. I may agree with it though :)

Cita: BarnabusWell, I don't know if you were including counter stamped currency, but I won this off a different coin website. It is the nicest counter stamp I have ever seen, no flaw in the stamp. No bubble on rev, no ripples, no cracks or splits. Very nicely made, but propaganda. I may agree with it though :)

These were actually produced in very large quantities and even sold in rolls for political purposes: just call up Ron Paul to get your hands on some:


This guy seems to know a lot about the process... maybe too much...

Few months ago I listened a radio show on American PreFederal paper bills and they all had a political messages that were supposed to motivate people to fight for the independance.

"Remember those times when we all got along even though we spoke different languages and used different alphabets? Well, you shouldn't."

"I know you only speak Italian, but surely you will appreciate hearing all about our American values, in English? Please?"

"Of course Austrians and Hungarians can get along. After all, they are both sexy."

"Soon... soon you will be mine..."

Cita: kolikko99when I look at these coins it feels like the coins are telling me to get back to work

soviet union 1 ruble and 50 kopecks

Sometimes its  too funny to see how webstores are promote their goods      Once i saw  in XX  webstore a  picture of this  1924  1 rouble with the  text below  :  "  Soviet  Union   silver  Rouble representing two men witi non-traditional sexual orientation"  !!!!           

Cita: nalaberong"Of course Austrians and Hungarians can get along. After all, they are both sexy."

       yes, we do and we are...

Cita: kolikko99

Cita: kommodoreHere's one for imreh  
Trajan(emperor of Rome) and Decebalus (king of Dacia), both ancestors of modern Romania to show the great history we have.

nice note! especially because my profile picture is a photo of emperor trajans silver denarius.

That is a perfect example of fake history projection to fool all the folks all around.  
I wonder whether "Kolikko Traianus" accepts to be associated to be a Vlach? ... With a Finnish soul, I sincerely doubt...  

Aha, make a complaint to the Government of Romania, and to all history books.
And your comment doesn't have any relevance. You are absolutely irrelevant. You definitely need to study history if you want to have at least 1% relevance.
You like to comment on anything that is Romanian, but you don't know absolutely nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Romania
Here learn this.

"Roman conquest of Dacia stands at the base of the origin of Romanians."
You want me to explain you this single phrase?

"The theory of Daco-Roman continuity argues that the Romanians are mainly descended from the Daco-Romans, a people emerging through the cohabitation of the native Dacians and the Latin-speaking Roman colonists in the province of Dacia north of the river Danube"
Or this one?

Are you so angry with the Ugric history that you change the history of other EUROPEAN countries?

For the history rookies: Hungary is probably the only country that settled in Europe (so they are not really europeans), from the Ugric people of Asia. They arrived in the place they are today at around 800 this era. And they are probably really jealous to see others have European ancestors, otherwise i can't explain their attitude. (this are all facts that you can easily check if you search history of Hungarians on wiki)

Oh God, are you two going to get into a flame war again?  Can't you just pack it in?  It's getting a little tiresome having you two have a go at each other all the time.

Cita: neilithicOh God, are you two going to get into a flame war again?  Can't you just pack it in?  It's getting a little tiresome having you two have a go at each other all the time.

And on that note...

"Of course we know exactly what year the Magyars arrived in Hungary! It's just a coincidence that the 1000th anniversary of this event happens just as nationalism is catching on in Eastern (no, no, Central) Europe. Now revise Trianon already."

History, is for the most part, sometimes not even a good fiction novel in many volumes. History is written by the victor or at least by the biggest and boldest mouth. History is as Stalin has put it:

"The future is inevitable, it's history that needs to be rewritten"

History is a matter of who writes it, and or who rewrites it ....

Cita: kommodoreAha, make a complaint to the Government of Romania, and to all history books.
And your comment doesn't have any relevance. You are absolutely irrelevant. You definitely need to study history if you want to have at least 1% relevance.
You like to comment on anything that is Romanian, but you don't know absolutely nothing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Romania
Here learn this.

"Roman conquest of Dacia stands at the base of the origin of Romanians."
You want me to explain you this single phrase?

"The theory of Daco-Roman continuity argues that the Romanians are mainly descended from the Daco-Romans, a people emerging through the cohabitation of the native Dacians and the Latin-speaking Roman colonists in the province of Dacia north of the river Danube"
Or this one?

Are you so angry with the Ugric history that you change the history of other EUROPEAN countries?

For the history rookies: Hungary is probably the only country that settled in Europe (so they are not really europeans), from the Ugric people of Asia. They arrived in the place they are today at around 800 this era. And they are probably really jealous to see others have European ancestors, otherwise i can't explain their attitude. (this are all facts that you can easily check if you search history of Hungarians on wiki)

The history professor in me prefers you not use Wikipedia for your retorts...it's just not a valid source ? ?anyway, I don't think that's totally accurate. If I remember correctly, Hungarian and Finnish come from the same non European language group (Finno-urgic) that would lead me to believe that the people came from the same general area at one point.

This thread was really good...now it isn't so good.

Kommodore and Imreh no more on this front. Of course you may carry on a sensible debate via PM; if you wish.

I am not attacking anyone.
I trust a sense of humour shall be here to revive the boredom, and most of us got the sense...

Cita: nalaberong"Of course we know exactly what year the Magyars arrived in Hungary! It's just a coincidence that the 1000th anniversary of this event happens just as nationalism is catching on in Eastern (no, no, Central) Europe. Now revise Trianon already."

Indeed, it is a shame to be a Hungarian these days, under the current nazi-ish regime, if that is the reference.

... and to divert the discussion before Ben gets even more angry, here is the absolute propanda of an early Roman(ian), Brutus, celebrating his proud and brave act of killing his own father on the "eid of mart":

Cita: kommodoreHere's one for imreh  
Trajan(emperor of Rome) and Decebalus (king of Dacia), both ancestors of modern Romania to show the great history we have.

The emperor Trajan is not an ancestor of modern Romania. He was an Hispano from ancient Seville and conquered Dacia and other kingdoms.

Yes. The Romanian kingdom and wikipedia got it all wrong....

There were dacians in this territory until Rome captured it. From this combination , Romania resulted.
We speak a Latin language really close to Italian. And we can learn Italian in like 1 week.
Hope all is clear now.

I am done with the ignorance here. You can all say what you want. Because you sure like to put words on a webpage, but don't like to research at all.

Bye

Cita: imrehI am not attacking anyone.
I trust a sense of humour shall be here to revive the boredom, and most of us got the sense...

You don't need to attack anyone to start a fight.  You've been on here long enough to know that sarcastic comments like "... and how would You, My educated Vlach Friend, describe those differences for the uneducated folks, who have no clue?..."  Is going to stir things up.

My two boys do exactly the same thing.  The older one always says things he knows will stir up my younger son because he likes to watch him get angry.  They have an excuse for that kind of behaviour because they're only 6 and 8 years old.  I would have thought you two were old enough to know better.  Or do I have to send you both to your rooms like I do with my boys?

Cita: neilithicMy two boys do exactly the same thing.  The older one always says things he knows will stir up my younger son because he likes to watch him get angry.  They have an excuse for that kind of behaviour because they're only 6 and 8 years old.  I would have thought you two were old enough to know better.  Or do I have to send you both to your rooms like I do with my boys?

Haha, nice metaphor, Neil.
Although my humble parential practice tells me that coaching the younger son for a bit of assertive communication would prepare him better for the "wilderness of adult world", rather than sending him to his room to meditate on what a miserable brother he has...
Your current practice will get the two boys aligned against you in about 2-3 years, and then you'll have an issue...    
... but I guess it is slightly offtopic from propaganda coins.

I am not fighting, i just explained the mistakes the user made(which he makes intentionally).
Giving official arguments with sources (wikipedia has all the sources written at the bottom of the page) is not fighting. What? you want me to let him to say Bucharest is Hungarian?  

With reference to Neil's brotherhood story,

... here is a lovely piece from Saxony, when Christian, Georg and August have agreed [after a slight pressure from Daddy ] ... to promote each other in good brotherhood in order to make sure everyone around in the country acknowledges the other two, for tranquility and peace

... it has worked for a while for them:



It is widely known as the "Three Brothers Thaler", which is here on Numista, but no pic, unfortunately:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces40204.html

Why do Communist banknotes always have so much hard work on them? It really wears you out.

But if you stop working, just remember who's watching you...

And also remember that he looks just as alluring in profile.

I think you guys are having too much fun with this.