TCV Roundtable Blog

100 Greatest Women On Coins Series: Britannia and Marianne

We in the United States are very aware what Liberty means in the landscape of numismatics. She is a figure that has been used throughout U.S. coinage and has taken shape in many different forms and versions. We also know that other countries have their own version of Liberty, two of which we will focus on next in our blog series following along with Whitman Publishing’s 100 Greatest Women on Coins. Author Ron Guth will help us with their stories.

#25 – Britannia and Marianne

Just like Liberty, Britannia and Marianne are representative of their countries, Great Britain and France. The female figures appear on coins throughout their respective histories, symbolizing very similar yet slightly different ideals.

The history of Britannia is more known than Marianne. In Great Britain, Britannia...read more