Birds are featured prominently on coins, especially the eagle, such as the famed doubled headed Eagle on Russian coins, the Bald Eagle on the reverse on U.S. coins, The Eagle eating a snake on Mexican coins or/and other birds such as the Andean Condor on Chilean coins. I am also an amateur bird watcher and my personal favorite is the male cardinal. They are hard to photograph because they are very wary of people. A camera with a nice zoom lens is needed to get good pictures of them.
Our state bird in Oklahoma is the scissor-tailed fly catcher, and it is featured on our state quarter.
I think it would be interesting to see all the different bird species on coins. I know there is a swallow design on a coin I believe on coin from Slovenia. We have swallows all over the place where I live. They breed under bridges and swarm all over the place, diving bombing occasionally for fun I guess.
Also, there are extinct birds on some coins, the bird on the New Zealand 6 pence is extinct. It was the Huia bird, and it was highly prized for its feathers, which were used in hats of all things.
We should note that the bald eagle is ... not an eagle
"Eagles" and "Sea/fishing Eagles" are Raptors or Birds of prey and constitute, the great family of the Accipitridae (of the order Falconiformes), a subfamily which gets in the ornithological catalog the name of Aquiliens or Aquilinae.
"Eagle" is a generic name which includes :
- The genus Aquila or Eagle stricto sensu includes tarsus eagles feathered to the root of the fingers, whose wings are as long as the tail; They inhabit the mountains and live on terrestrial prey.
- The other Eagles.
In common parlance, the word eagle does not necessarily apply to birds of the genus Aquila. Among the Aquilinas several other genera are called Eagles: these are the Eagles-Spurs (Spiziastur), the Crested Eagles (Spizaetus and Lophoaetus), the Eagles-Hawks (Pseudoaetus or Nisaetus) Genera: Harpyopsis, Ictinaetus, Lophaetus, Oroaetus, Pithecophaga, Polemaetus, Stephanoaetus and the genus Hieraaetus, represented by the Booted Eagle.
On another hand, the bald eagle is a "Fishing Eagles" that belongs to the genus Haliaeetus, which looks like ordinary eagles by general forms, but with a stronger beak, the eyes less sunken under the brow and the tail cut less squarely, but not as steep as in the Eagle Australia.
In addition, their physiognomy offers a certain analogy with that of the Vultures, especially when they are in action, thanks to the presence of long lanceolate feathers which can rise on the neck and the sides of the neck.
I've always liked the New Zealand 20 cent piece with the kiwi bird on it. I got one as a gift last year, my first coin from New Zealand, and instantly loved it. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2331.html
We've used the loonie since 1987 when the dies for the existing Voyager Dollar got lost while in transit to the mint.
And we used this Lucky Loonie to celebrate the Olympics. The original Lucky Loonie actually had no loon on it, but the mint came up with this design to make up for it.
The story goes that a small group of Canadians were asked to consult and assist with the ice hockey portion of the Olympics in 2002, and one of them hid a loonie in the centre of the ice, both the men's and women's Canadian hockey teams won gold that year. So at each following Olympics we released the Lucky Loonie and, I can't say this for sure so someone can confirm or correct it, apparently each Canadian athlete has been gifted one each Olympic year.
Like ZacUK stated, the United Kingdom, do not seem to take kindly to having birds on coins. I have added the one below, just in case it is acceptable.
United Kingdom 2 Pounds 1995 (ND) 50 Anniversary of the end of World War II. KM#970
Silver (.925), standard weight, a Piedfort and Gold (.917) versions were also minted.
MY favourite bird from my country isn't on a coin, but it is on a postage stamp.
It's the wood pigeon or "Kereru" in the native language. They're a big bird with beautiful colouring. We get quite a few living in the bush round our place.
or the wideawake on the st. Helena pound. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5914.html
Both of which I have received in circulation here in Britain. But then again when you think about it technically they are Britain.
i think local birds a Robbin & the kingfisher are my favourites but the seagull is the norm or pidgeon ha !
Цитата: "ngdawa"seems like people missed (or simply ignoring) the line "from your country" in the headline........
You missed the "or"
I didn't miss it, I left it out since it's not the point. Bird design or bird from your country.
I think the headline is ambiguous, because it is not clear whether the words "from your country" apply to "your favorite bird design" or not. As for me, I understood it second way and posted my favorite bird design from Indonesia.
I will use this one to introduce myself. I`m from Bulgaria, newbie here as registred user, buth i use this site very oftren to identify my coins. 5-6 years ago i decide that free money, every month i can invest in coins (as a pension fund). Start to buying, and buying... After that i think, that i need help for sorting and grading coins - and here i am - in numismatic club of Sofia... When i saw all this hyenas (all the time i hear thinks like : he buy 10 coins from me, try him )... after i pay 1 year membership fee and visit the club 3-4 times i decided that i must figure it out by myself.
After that i make one pause for around 2-3 years and now i`m back in game I still try to describe my collection...
I`m sure that i overgrade some of my coins... soon i start to ask (Thank`s in advance guys) for now i have around 5 kilos collection, a lot of commemorative coins ... some rare (for me ) coins... maby soon i try some swap :)
No appreciation for the older heraldic eagles here so far? I mean, they may be stuffier but regal they remain nonetheless, even all this time after the dynasty they represented fell.
(left to right; Habsburg eagle, Austria; Hohenzollern eagle, Prussia/Germany, Savoyard eagle, Italy)
The last one isn't as commonly used or seen as the other two but it's just as, if not more striking (actually an imitation of the Habsburg eagle seen on the Maria Theresia Thalers, in an attempt to replace the thalers circulating in the Arab world at the time).
Great topic! Of the coins I have in my collection, my favorite bird design is this one from Norway, a 2 Øre coin featuring a black grouse on the reverse:
Цитата: "neilithic"MY favourite bird from my country isn't on a coin, but it is on a postage stamp.
It's the wood pigeon or "Kereru" in the native language. They're a big bird with beautiful colouring. We get quite a few living in the bush round our place.
Kereru also was on the old $20 note.
We do have a lot of birds on our coins: Tui on the penny, Huia on the 3 pence, Kotuku on the 2 dollars and Kiwi on the Florin, 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Also, the odd one out: Tuatara who is in fact a reptile
Цитата: "CassTaylor"The Weimar 3 RM series I have been type collecting has a nice variety of eagles, sometimes on both sides of the coin:
Bertha the bird stands fast and true watching the Rhine
Bertha the bird is protective of her fancy new shield
Classic Bertha the bird
Bertha hosts the Olympics
Bertha does Gothic revivalism
Bertha's baby pictures
Bertha on a diet
How about Bertha meeting Hitler? Or Bertha as a soldier in Stalingrad?
In my country - Kiwis are everywhere on coins, but my favourite is the cheeky little "Hoiho" or the Yellow Eyed Penguin. It appeared on the 1988 Large size dollar (Apologies for bad shot)
These birds are found mostly in the lower South island coastal regions and are the smallest of all penguins, being barely 60cm tall. They are quite timid and have small flippers.
For foreign coins - The Roggianna bird of Paradise is just a gorgeous bird, with elaborate tail feathers and antennae. A native of New Guinea, it has appeared on the 10 Kina coin here
A large and beautiful coin, it does not do justice, but many beautiful stamp issues of Papua New Guinea do.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
An amazing bird, a condor, but also a vulture. Makes me think of the Disney cartoon, “Jungle Book”.
Health problems have interfered but I am back!
A am going to start trading. Primary goals, countries, types, beauty, history. Silver trades for silver.
Here are a few of coins with birds on them that I own. Just to note, when I briefly lived in Saudi Arabia--many years ago--I had a hoopoe land in my back yard. I was quite taken at the time with this impressive bird. I also have a coin of a Gentoo Penguin from South Georgia. However, I have not not kept any Loonie ($1) coins from my home country of Canada.
Silver coins were among the first coins ever used, thousands of years ago. The silver standard was used for centuries in many places of the world. And the use of silver for coins, instead of other materials, has many reasons.
Here is a nice Bird related coin I have just added to Numista. A Blue Budgerigar. I think this might be the first in a series of Budgerigar coins that the Perth Mint will be producing in conjunction with Australia Post.
Here are a few of coins with birds on them that I own. Just to note, when I briefly lived in Saudi Arabia--many years ago--I had a hoopoe land in my back yard. I was quite taken at the time with this impressive bird. I also have a coin of a Gentoo Penguin from South Georgia. However, I have not not kept any Loonie ($1) coins from my home country of Canada. 
