It’s #WorldElephantDay! Here are two coins of Seleucus I - first ruler of the Seleucid Empire. The coin on the left depicts a striding elephant; the coin on the right depicts the goddess Athena in an elephant quadriga, brandishing a spear and shield. 1/
#BritishMuseum
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Look, I can stump for both @AnimalsOnCoins and AnimalsOnStamps.
(Random search hole to fall into: I’m surprised the stamp uses Eire rather than Éire - technical limitation? Also noticed the currency is missing. That makes this a 70s reissue, not the 60s original, it seems.)
The European Central Bank is considering putting birds and rivers on the new euro banknotes
Time for @mmcgrathtd and @makhloufgabs to put the animals back on the Irish euro coins!
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really love these Croatian coins
the nightingale on the 1 kuna piece, and the tuna and brown bear on the 2 and 5
"kuna" itself is the Croatian word for marten, which is also pictured on the number side of these coins, and refers to the medieval use of marten pelts as currency