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George I. A coin would not be marked George I because at the time it was produced it would not have been known that there was going to be a George II.
He is not to be trusted alone because he will fall off the wagon and do things he does not want to do.
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Depicting a staff as snakelike could possibly mean that it is just shaped a way a snake is; what I mean is that it may just be twirly or curvy. However if you are relating it towards symbolism it may represent evil, and possibly sneaky because snakes tend to be associated with being sly and representing the devil, which is again evil/darkness.