Whose is the most replicated image?

[CplFerro]

Mickey Mouse? Chairman Mao? My money's on Colonel Sanders. Does anyone know the answer to this one?

[LibraryLady]

I'd bet on George Washington.

ETA: Because of dollar bills, stamps, other items. Probably Queen Elizabeth might vie for this as well, but not as many British as Murricans.

[Rat]

No, but the Queen does appear on rather more nations' money and stamps than the UK's. I believe the queen's portrait is generally considered to be the most replicated, not least because I heard this stated last week on Radio 4; and if that's not proof, I don't know what is.

[LibraryLady]

Ah! you are correct sir. I will change my opinion.

[Rat]

Well, I just checked, and I have 35 portraits of QEII in my pockets.

Colonel Sanders may appear on every KFC product there is, but every product of KFC in this country is sold in a transaction involving several QEII portraits (those with which the consumer pays, and those in the change).

[dudalb]

Abe Lincoln has got to be up there, between the pennies and the Five Dollar Bills....

[Rat]

Abe Lincoln has got to be up there, between the pennies and the Five Dollar Bills....
You've got your pennies and $5, we've got our 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £50, and every denomination of postage stamp. And some Canadian and Australian currency, amongst others. In fact, she appears on each UK (or possibly only English) note at least twice, what with the watermark.

[Cavemonster]

You're all wrong, it's actually me.
Here's what I look like in satellite photos.

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In fact, I see several images of me reproduced in this thread already.

[Brian-M]

You've got your pennies and $5, we've got our 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £50, and every denomination of postage stamp. And some Canadian and Australian currency, amongst others. In fact, she appears on each UK (or possibly only English) note at least twice, what with the watermark.

She's on every Australian coin and every Australian $5 note. But there's more than one image of her. Newer coins have an updated portrait of her. It's the same with Canadian coins, so you'd have to work out which version of her portrait you're talking about when proposing her for the title of most replicated image.

[Rat]

If the question is regarding an individual portrait, rather than any portrait of any given individual (whose/most replicated image is unclear to me) than I'd still put my money on QEII. Again, this is because I heard it on Radio 4, when they were discussing the chap, who had recently died, who did a particular portrait of her. Also, do we mean among images that still exist (millions of notes and coins are destroyed every year) or that were ever produced?

[quixotecoyote]

Who's on Chinese money?

[Damien Evans]

She's on every Australian coin and every Australian $5 note. But there's more than one image of her. Newer coins have an updated portrait of her. It's the same with Canadian coins, so you'd have to work out which version of her portrait you're talking about when proposing her for the title of most replicated image.

Not quite every $5 note, there's still a couple floating around with Henry Parkes instead.

But yeah, all our coins, 99% of our $5 notes, british money...

I'm betting it's the queen.

[Brian-M]

If you include the brief existence of a single frame of TV as replication of an image, this becomes a whole new ball-game entirely. At 25 frames per second in some places (PAL format), or 30 frames per second in others (NTSC format), shown on hundreds of millions of TVs, that adds up to a hell of a lot of replication. If the camera gives a shot of a still image for several seconds on a popular TV show or movie viewed worldwide... well, you do the math.

[Filippo Lippi]

Well, I just checked, and I have 35 portraits of QEII in my pockets.

Colonel Sanders may appear on every KFC product there is, but every product of KFC in this country is sold in a transaction involving several QEII portraits (those with which the consumer pays, and those in the change).

The stat was given on that Radio 4 obituary show, in a piece about the photographer who took the profile of the Queen that appears on our stamps. They said the image had been reproduced 300 billion times.

[quarky]

300 billion is a lot.

I guess Mohammad is out?

[Soapy Sam]

While most folk just hum along, the words of "God save the Queen" are in essence, a prayer for the longevity of the monarch.
Now she's what - 85? 86 and wearing pretty well. Her mama made it past 100.
Maybe there IS something to this prayer lark??

[Puppycow]

How about the I Can Has Cheeseburger cat?

[Harpyja]

If you include the brief existence of a single frame of TV as replication of an image, this becomes a whole new ball-game entirely. At 25 frames per second in some places (PAL format), or 30 frames per second in others (NTSC format), shown on hundreds of millions of TVs, that adds up to a hell of a lot of replication. If the camera gives a shot of a still image for several seconds on a popular TV show or movie viewed worldwide... well, you do the math.
Brilliant post.

Even a moving image, though. What do we count as images? For example, the does the image of Lincoln on a five dollar bill differ from his image on the penny, or from the old five dollar bill? Or do they all count as one image because they represent Abraham Lincoln? If so, I'd put my money on Mickey Mouse over any living or deceased person, particularly since his image is used as a corner watermark on an entire channel. (Disney Channel)

EDIT: Mainly because I'm bored, I decided to calculate how many frames a watermark would be on if played for six hours per day, at a frame rate of 25 fps, over one year (365), and I got 19,7100,000 frames. That's one television, mind you.

[Aepervius]

You are all wrong. I would bet on smiley or stick man :).

/duck

[alfaniner]

Clippy.

Or maybe it just seemed like it.

[Resume]

Jesus?

[Woolgatherer]

Jesus?
Darn, beat me to it.

[Resume]

Darn, beat me to it.

For once.

[Brian-M]

The letter 'E' ?

(Do symbols count as images?)

[blobru]

300 billion is a lot.

I guess Mohammad is out?


Unless he's a dead ringer for Queen Elizabeth II.

[quarky]

Unless he's a dead ringer for Queen Elizabeth II.

You do know I have you on ignore, right?

[blobru]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm270/blobru/mini-QueenElizabethII.jpg
ALLAALLAALLA JIHAD!!! (we are not amused)

[Verde]

Kilroy

was here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here)

V.

[joobie]

someone once told me that there were over 500 billion US $1 bills in circulation. dunno if it's true or not.

[OnlyTellsTruths]

someone once told me that there were over 500 billion US $1 bills in circulation. dunno if it's true or not.

I just tried a quick google search for how many pennies are in circulation. It seems "in circulation" is contrary to this topic, since it appears they don't count lost pennies (most are under couch cushions) as "in circulation".



This link (http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/twelve.asp) says "Since the first penny was minted in 1787, until present-day, over 300 billion pennies have been minted in the United States."

ETA: Then again, Lincoln wasn't on the penny until 1909.

[Roboramma]

Who's on Chinese money?

http://woollymammoths.org/Mark/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mao_500.JPG

Mao. But he's only on the bills, not the coins.

On the other hand, the largest denomination bill is the 100 RMB note, which is not a very large denomination: that's about 10 euros, for instance. I used to get my monthly pay in huge wads of them.