Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for roughly two decades in the 18th Dynasty, yet her successor Thutmose III systematically erased her image from monuments, cartouches, and king lists — an act of damnatio memoriae so thorough that Egyptologists didn't conclusively identify her mummy until 2007, when a DNA match to a displaced tooth settled a century of debate.
The Solomon Islands has issued commemorative 50-cent pieces under Elizabeth II's effigy well into the 2020s, a program that runs almost entirely on collector demand rather than circulation.
Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for roughly two decades in the 18th Dynasty, yet her successor Thutmose III systematically erased her image from monuments, cartouches, and king lists — an act of damnatio memoriae so thorough that Egyptologists didn't conclusively identify her mummy until 2007, when a DNA match to a displaced tooth settled a century of debate.
The Solomon Islands has issued commemorative 50-cent pieces under Elizabeth II's effigy well into the 2020s, a program that runs almost entirely on collector demand rather than circulation.