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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1488082, member: 19463&quot;]What I find interesting is how few modern eagles are real birds as opposed to heraldic devices.&nbsp; I know there are some real birds (parents at the nest on the American gold eagle would count if you call it a coin rather than a NCLT medal) but modern mints tend to dress their eagles in a way a real eagle would find strange.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Roman Republican denarius shown above was ahead of its time holding the wreath in claw.&nbsp; More Roman eagles used the beak for wreath handling.</p><p>[ATTACH]189018.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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