European Journal of International Relations 10(1) Table 1 Possible Iconographic Choices Goal Post-Materialist Actor Traditional Materialist (or Post-Modern) State State symbols in Historical heads Representatives of classical/antique of state,generals, 'official culture' garb,classical other statesmen (e.g.Francis Scott gods (e.g.Athena,(e.g.George Key,Edward ‘Columbia),or Washington, Teller) purely ornamental Douglas figures MacArthur) Society/Classes Classical/antique Imagery of real- Imagery of real- imagery of mass, world mass,class, world mass,class, class,sector or sector or region sector or region region representatives at representatives at representatives work (e.g.farmers play (e.g.kids (e.g.allegorical in the fields) playing baseball) figures 'Industry', 'commerce'） Individual Historical non- Historical non- Historical non- state actors from state actors who state actors who classical/antique made significant made significant era or social or contributions to representations of economic the sciences or individual-level contributions the arts and virtues (e.g. (e.g.Margaret letters (e.g.Albert Aristotle,St Paul, Sanger,Henry Einstein,Charles 'Faith') Ford) Ives,Herman Melville) obvious centrality of human figures in currency iconography over time(the uninhabited scenes in the euro are a clear anomaly to this tradition,to be discussed in Section 4),and second,the relative ease of identification and interpretation of such human figures-a necessary component of a project covering many decades and countries.The decision to focus on human figures at this stage of the research should not,however,be taken to imply that they are the only interesting or relevant aspects of currency iconography for the overall theoretical issues spelled out above.Rather,the human figures simply serve as a reasonable proxy for the overall message of the banknotes they grace. 10 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner.Further reproduction prohibited without permission.Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission