Talk:List of motifs on banknotes

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Should this not be called Motifs on banknotes, not Motives? A motif is a theme but a motive is the reason why something happens. Dabbler 03:03, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

• Yes, you're right. I wasn't quite sure about that one myself. I'm not a native speaker, so I guess that'll be my excuse. I'll change the page name too. Eixo 14:31, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Doesn't motif mean common element? I would expect this to be about themes that recur among banknotes, such as a common element among different denominations of U.S. dollars or British pounds or whatever, not about the part of the design that is different on each bill! That's pretty much the opposite of a motif, as I understand it. -Branddobbe 15:40, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Cool page. I just noticed it. As a native English speaker, I would use "designs" instead of motifs, but I'm not sure if a different word would be more common among collectors (I am not a banknote collector, but the images on coins are usually referred to as designs). Ingrid 02:36, 3 January 2006 (UTC)