Post Your Coins Representing The Animal Kingdom.

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A new one for me! Thanks for posting!

I hope Australia's conservation efforts on the animal's behalf are successful!

You can't miss the grizzly bear on this one!

This 1925 US half dollar was issued to commemorate the 75th anniversary of California's admission to the Union as the 31st US state; it was struck at the San Francisco Mint.

The coin's obverse depicts a prospector panning for gold, while the reverse is dominated by a grizzly bear.

1925 California Statehood Jubilee Half Dollar




If you'd like to learn more about this coin, check out my previous posts here: 1925 California Statehood Jubilee and here: 1925 California Revisited.

Back in 1994, the Royal Canadian Mint ( RCM) issued a commemorative silver dollar to mark the 25 anniversary of the last Dog Team Patrol of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). IMO, the coin exudes "action" with the seven-dog team barreling toward the viewer!



If you'd like to learn a little more about the RCMP dog team patrol and the coin, have a look at my previous post here: 1994 RCMP Dog Team Patrol Silver Dollar

Here's another Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) themed coin from Canada - a 1998 commemorative silver dollar marking the 125th anniversary of the national police force. The mountie's horse is a key element of the coin's commemorative reverse design.



From time to time, the Royal Canadian Mint ( RCM) would use a coin design on a small pin. Here's one for the RCMP 125th.


You can learn more about the coin here: 1998 Canada RCMP 125th Anniversary Gift Set

A catamount dominates the reverse of the 1927 Vermont Independence-Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial half dollar.

Apparently, the catamount - or eastern cougar - is now extinct and likely has been for many years. In 2018, the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the extinct eastern cougar subspecies (Felis concolor couguar) from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife, correcting a lingering anomaly that listed the species despite it likely having gone extinct many decades before the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was even enacted. Data from researchers, 21 states and Canadian provinces across the subspecies' former eastern North American range indicate the eastern cougar likely disappeared forever at least 70 years ago.

The removal of the extinct subspecies from the endangered species list will take effect February 22, 2018. Extinct animals and plants cannot be protected under the Endangered Species Act, which is meant to recover imperiled wildlife and plants and their habitats. Additionally, under law, the eastern cougar listing cannot be used as a method to protect other cougars.

You can read the full press release here: US Fish and Wildlife Service.

The catamount's legacy survives, in part, via this 1927 US commemorative coin!

1927 Vermont Independence-Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial Half Dollar



I've posted more about this coin here: 1927 Vermont-Bennington Sesquicentennial Half Dollar.

You can read other of my Vermont-Bennington posts via Read More: Commems Collection.

Very nice!

Here's a coin from Canada that features a Western Meadowlark.

The coin marks the 100th anniversary of Saskatchewan joining the Canadian Confederation on September 1, 1905 (the same date as Alberta). As with Alberta, Saskatchewan was created from land that was previously part of the North-West Territories.



You can read more about this coin - and its circulation counterpart - here: 2005 Saskatchewan Silver $5