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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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My newest purchases for my Bird Collection.  France 1988 10Fr Roland Garros Commemorative  Kazakhstan 2006 50Tenge Altai Snowcock  Kazakhstan 2011 50Tenge Hawk Owl  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
02/16/2012 12:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Very nice! So, how many birds do you have in all?
I have the Kazakh owl but haven't seen the snowcock yet.
Is it me or monsieur Garros looks like V. van Gogh with prosthetic ears?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
France
1591 Posts |
Cool, I didn't remembered that French coin (I'm French, I was collecting those 20 years ago when I was young).
You'll have a lots of roosters in the French coins actually, some with a nice style, some more regular.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7190 Posts |
Nine examples! I am another one wondering how many "bird" coins you have?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
899 Posts |
nancyc....nice bird coins..I also would like to see more of your collection with birds. I have only one coin with a bird on it. From the Canadian 2006 specimen set it is the dollar designed by Canadian artist Glen Loates of a snowy owl. I have a collection of Glen Loates art and this design on the dollar was taken from the limited edition print of 1986..    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
 My pheasant. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
Here's another Kazakh bird,  crested spoonbill. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1391 Posts |
Mauritius has a Dodo bird coin. It is gold though so I haven't been able to buy it.
New Zealand has several bird dollar coins you might want to check out.
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
Here's one of my bird coins, a 5 Rupiah 1970 from Indonesia. It depicts a black drongo.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
899 Posts |
Owls are nice too....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7190 Posts |
I've always liked this one.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1888 Posts |
The USA only recognizes two birds.
One, known as the eagle, appears on most of the coins from this country. Good luck collecting them all.
The other, know simply as 'the bird', is never found on coins but appears regularly in highway traffic, at sports and political events, occasionally on tv, and pretty much anywhere three or more citizens congregate. Try not to collect any samples of this one at all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7190 Posts |
And then there is the song from Full Metal Jacket...Bird bird bird, bird is the word.....
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Posted 02/16/2012 05:59 am
