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)

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[edit] Merge with List of people on banknotes

[edit] Support

[edit] Don't know merging to which one

  1. No brainer. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge to List of motifs on banknotes

  1. It´s the same thing, The other one is better organized but this one is longer so I suggest moving this one and putting the info in the tables used there.--ometzit<col> 16:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge to List of people on banknotes

[edit] Against

  1. I disagree with merging the two documents. The List of motifs on banknotes article (I agree that "designs" would be better than "motifs") shows not only people, but monuments, locations, animals, plants/flowers, etc, of banknotes currently in circulation. The List of people on banknotes article lists only people who show on the banknotes and includes banknotes currently in curculation as well as banknotes that have been taken out of circulation. Using the Gallery of flags by design page as a precedent, there is the potential for several more pages like this, including "List of animals on banknotes", "List of trees/plants/flowers on banknotes", "List of banknotes by inscription", "List of locations on banknotes", etc. Plus all of the above pages for coins.

ChuchoHuff 13:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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