Hymans:The Changing Color of Money classical gods such as Minerva-Athena(30 images,including banknotes from Austria,Belgium,France,Germany,Greece,Netherlands,and Spain) and Mercury-Hermes(29 images,including banknotes from Denmark, France,Germany,Greece,Spain and Portugal). In the period 1920-49,while classical gods and mythical female symbols of states remain strongly present,the real story is the rise in materialist depictions of society.Some of the most popular images in this period are of class representatives,whether bourgeoisie-a focus especially in Germany,whose money from this period sports portraits of various burghers by Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein-or farmers and peasants,who are featured on notes from Belgium,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Italy and Portugal.Many banknotes from this period also feature anonymous young women in 'typical'national or regional garb.This is the case for all the Irish notes (28 images),and also for several of the Austrian,Greek and French notes. Then,in the period 1950-79 the banknotes bear witness to the rise of the individual as actor,and particularly individual contributors to high culture -painting,sculpture,architecture,poetry,the novel.There are many possible examples here,from the composers Giuseppe Verdi (Italy)and Johan Strauss (Austria),to the writers Friedrich von Schiller (East Germany)and Jonathan Swift (Ireland),to the painters Jens Juel (Denmark)and Frans Hals(Netherlands),and also a few scientists such as Isaac Newton(Great Britain)and Pedro Nunes(Portugal). Finally,in the period 1980 to the present,not only do individual cultural figures consolidate their dominance,but also there is continuing change in the types of cultural achievers that are depicted.This is something that is not captured in the quantitative data.The initial post-materialist moment was clearly not the end of history.There are shifts within the broad category of 'cultural'imagery that may reflect the growth of a 'post-post- materialist'or even postmodern sensibility. For instance,there is in the most recent period a rise in the number of female cultural contributors,on the banknotes.In the entire data set through 1949,out of a total of 51 individual,non-state culrural contributors depicted,none is female.Then in the 1950-79 period there are only 2 out of 76(3%).For the 1980-present period,however,there are 10 out of 79 (13%).The trend line toward inclusion is clear.Indeed it appears that by the late 20th century it had become virtually de rigueur for money to depict women who had made their mark on European society or culture.Such figures appear on the notes from this period of Austria,Denmark,East Germany,France,reunified Germany,Great Britain,Ireland,Italy,Spain and Sweden. 15 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner.Further reproduction prohibited without permission.Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission