Using Pictographs

Anything in the clipboard can be pasted onto a chart

Clicking on the coins, copy (ctrl/c), click on a series, Home/paste (or ctrl/v):

Right-click on the series, use Format Data Series:

Click these options: [Excel 2003:Patterns tab|Fill Effects]

There are 3 format options:

1. Stretch (default)
2. Stack
3. Stack and scale to

If we select Stack, we see:

If we select Stack and scale, we can enter a number into the Unit/Picture box. Again, this is something you can experiment with.
You also may have noticed these options in this dialog:

• Gradient fill
  
• Picture or texture fill
  
• And others
  

Here's the gradient option selected and the Preset colors dropdown:

The new chart:

On the picture tab there was a button to select a picture−you can use any picture you have on your computer! You can experiment with the other tabs as well.