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The Zoo Keeper is looking for all circulating world coins with animals on them dated 1901 or later!

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WELCOME TO THE COIN ZOO!

WELCOME TO DANIEL'S COIN ZOO! The "Coin Zoo" exhibits animal coins (aka "numismatic fauna") from around the world. Eventually, all circulating coins with animals on them will be displayed. This will include every animal type coin minted around the world from 1901 to the present (over 900 pieces).

Most of the coins will be circulating issues, as opposed to special collector issues. Mints around the world have made literally thousands of special issue animal coins for collectors. But the Coin Zoo will be populated mainly with animals that were important enough to a country to put on their national circulating coinage, that is, the everyday change that citizens use in daily transactions.

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A, B, C Countries completed! Print E-mail
Thursday, 24 November 2005

It's time for a Zoo update! The Zoo Keeper has reached a goal to get all coins entered from countries starting with A, B, and C. This includes 165 coins, but there are still at least 71 animal coins waiting to be found in the wild. Those will be added as they are located. Probably one of the biggest challenges was figuring out the "Congo" situation. Very confusing, but it appears to be sorted out. Check the three different Congo entries for more information on that (under the Country menu at the right, or select 'Africa' from the Area menu).

There are at least two countries in this group that are not represented yet. Biafra has a single animal coin -- a 2½ shilling piece from 1965 featuring a leopard. The other is Bosnia-Herzgovina, who issued a coin featuring a dove with an olive branch in 2005.

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