Fish on coins

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Cyprus, 500 mils, 1981.

Swordfish. 

World Food Day.

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Papua New Guinea, 2 toea, 1975.

Pterois volitans.

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Australia, $5, 2000.

Sydney 2000 Olympics. 

Great white sharks.

[agumbe]

Very nice coin

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French Pacific Territories, 50 francs, 2021.

Humphead wrasse a.k.a. Napoleon fish.

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Bermuda, $1, 1970.

Two wahoo fish. 

Silver collector coin.

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Finland, 25 markkaa, 1979.

A school of Baltic herrings (Clupea harengus membras).

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Ukraine, 2 hryvnia, 2003.

Seahorse.

[britanico]

Another sturgeon (perhaps), this from ancient Parthia. Phraates IV (38-2 BCE). His diademed bust left, eagle behind / Fish right, Ekbatana monogram above, partial legend around (the full legend would read ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ). 0.94 g; 8 mm. Sellwood 53.22.

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The silhouet of the fish indeed looks like sturgeon. By itself, the sturgeon is a very impressive fish that can grow longer than an adult human. However, the date of the coin is a bit early for caviar. Opinions differ, but there is a credible case for the discovery of caviar in what is now Iran in the 9th century, spreading to Greece by the 10th century.

Peter

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Portuguese, 50 escudos, 1986.

This was a regular circulation coin.

What species of fish are these?

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Portuguese, 200 escudos, 1998.   EXPO 98.

Quaint designs.

What species of fish are these?

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Barbados, $2, 1973.

A collector coin.

The larger fish is a queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula).

The smaller fish is a wrasse.