Coins and animals

Do you like collecting coins with pictures of animals? I love collecting them. What do you think about animals being on coins? Here are a few of my coins. I would love to see pictures of your coins that have animals on them too."

Your favorite coins featuring animals – Numista

Thanks 

 I recently got all these - in one bulk lot of 28 items 

 A few of my coins, in date order 

1702 

1791 

1810 

1850 

1861 

1911 

1922 

 and so on … 

 Lastly a few of my medals 

 and so on … 

Awesome collection! Thanks for sharing.

 Thanks. I left out birds, and now see those in your pictures, 

so after other members have added their animals I will come back … 

*Coins and Animals
*Slovenia 🇸🇮  
*  Bull, TAURUS 🐂🐂🐂
* Capra ibex, Alpine ibex 🐐
* Barn swallow, HIRUNDO RUSTICA 🐧
* Brown trout, Salmo trutta 🐟
*Horse, EQUUS 🐎
* Stork, Ciconia ciconia

Coins and Animals
* (Malta) 🇲🇹
* (Maltese freshwater crab)
*Weasel (Mustela)

New Zealand 

Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus

Canada    🇨🇦   🦌🕊️🦫

A couple from the Cayman Islands

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Coins and Animals 🪙
*(Republic of North Macedonia)🇲🇰
*(Macedonia or Balkan Lynx (Binomial Name: Lynx lynx balcanicus), a subspecies of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) 
*(Peacock) 🦚
* (Ohrid trout or Lake Ohrid brown trout (Salmo letnica) 🐟
* (Macedonian sheep dog) 🐕

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*Coins and Animals
* (Lithuania) 🇱🇹
*🐎🎠

Syria

Cyprus

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*Coins and Animals
* (Ecuador) 🇪🇨
* ( Vultur gryphus)

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*Coins and Animals
(Norway) 🇳🇴
*(Horse) 🐎🎠
* (Honey bee) 🐝🐝
* (Norwegian elkhound) 🐕🐕‍🦺🦮
*norwegian lion 🦁🦁🦁

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*Coins and Animals
*(Australia) 🇦🇺🌏🦘😊
* (red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) and an Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
*(Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) )
* (Frill-necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known as the Frilled Dragon) 🦎
* (Male Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) 🐧🐥🐦🐤
*(Short-beaked Echidnas or Spiny Ant Eaters (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
* (Feather-tailed Glider, Acrobates pygmaeus, also called Pygmy Gliding Possum.)

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*Coins and Animals
* (Singapore) 🇸🇬
*  (Crowned Seahorse (Binomial Name: Hippocampus coronatus).
* (lion, tiger) 🦁🐅

Posted this on ‘Additions to your collection - July 2025’…

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic163269.html#p1262546

Found this little trio of lovelies over the weekend (just have a look at the mintage numbers - wow !!!)…

N#963

A couple of minor upgrades and a new one for my Eire collection.

Posted this error coin some time ago (see designer's initials bottom left).  I have a number of these coins with similar faults - anyone else have one of these too?

N#2234

One of my favorites. You don't see many zebus on modern coins especially with zebras.

N#3231

 A few recent additions with birds 

Czech Republic

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Idéfix  🐕🐕‍🦺🦮 😊

Libya 🇱🇾

 Some more of mine with birds 

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Russia 🇷🇺

*Poland  🇵🇱  🦅

A few different versions of the Australian $1 Mob of Roos coin

Standard version in Aluminium-bronze (with (S) counterstamp)

Coloured version in Aluminium-bronze

Coloured version in Copper-nickel

Gold plated version in Copper-nickel

Hologram version in Aluminium-bronze

Baby Coins version in Aluminium-bronze