Robert Elderton: wildlife designs

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Falkland Islands, circulation 50 pence.


The Falkland Islands introduced its own circulation coinage in 1974. The reverse designs, portraying the local wildlife, were created by Royal Mint engraver William Gardner, whose initials appeared on the coins. Curiously, the set lacked a fifty pence coin, which was not issued until 1980.

Robert Elderton provided the design for the reverse of the fifty pence coin. It depicted the Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), also known as the warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Islands dog, Falkland Islands fox or Antarctic wolf. It was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands, but it became extinct in 1876. Its closest living relative is the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)—an unusually long-legged, fox-like South American canid, from which it separated about 6.7 million years ago.


See also:

1] Extinct animals (not dinosaurs).

2] Milestones in the decimal coinage of the Falkland Islands.
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Falkland Islands, 20 pence.


In 1982, in tandem with Britain, the Falkland Islands issued a new denomination, the 20 pence coin.

Mr Elderton's design of a Falkland sheep has adorned the reverse of the coin ever since.
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Coins of the Seychelles.


Robert Elderton also created the new reverse designs for the 5 cent  and 10 cent coins of the Seychelles that were issued in 1981 with the legend "WORLD FOOD DAY OCTOBER 16".  The 5 cents depicted a cassava plant, whilst the 10 cents portrayed a yellow fin tuna. The World Food Day legends were removed from the coins in 1982, and in the same year, Mr Elderton's design of a crab appeared on the Seychelles' 1 cent coin.


See also:

1] Seychelles, 1981/2: development of 1, 5 and 10 cent designs.

2] Unrealised FAO-themed designs of the Seychelles.

3] Wildlife of the Seychelles.
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New Zealand, $1, 1984.   Chatham Island Black Robin.


Robert Elderton also produced numerous wildlife designs.
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New Zealand, $1, 1985.   Black stilt.
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Dominica, 100 dollars, 1988.  Imperial parrot.
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Antigua, $100, 1988.  Cattle egret.
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Grenada, 100 dollars, 1988.  Grenada dove.
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St Christopher and Nevis, 100 dollars, 1988.  Green-throated Caribbean hummingbird.[/ce
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St Lucia, 100 dollars, 1988.  Saint Lucia Amazon parrots.
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St Vincent and the Grenadines, 100 dollars, 1988.  Brown pelican.
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Cayman Islands, 1 dollar, 1996.   Cuban Amazon parrot (Amazona leucocephala caymanensis). 


Cuban amazons are found on Cuba, the Isle of Pine, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands.

Reverse design by Robert Elderton. The same design appeared on the gold $100 issue of 1996.
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Cayman Islands, 5 dollars, 1987.  Cuban Amazon parrot.
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Cayman Islands, 1 dollar, 1992.  Rock iguana.
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Estonia, 10 krooni, 1992.  Barn swallow.
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