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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1464429, member: 4381&quot;]The Hawksbill Turtle is an endangered species of turtle that has become a favorite motif of several coin tyoe for several South Pacific nations. The New Zeland Mint has produced this Bullion coin for several years but the 2011 design I think it particularly nice.&nbsp; Bermuda, Austalia (painted), Tovalu (painted), The Bittish Virgin Islands and of couurse Fiji have all produded coins featuring the Hawkbill. </p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Hawksbill_Turtle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;The Hawkbill Turle has a worldwide range in nearly every warm water location but has been recognized as being critically enganged, largely do to fishing practices and the use of the shell for trickets. </p><p>&nbsp;You can learn more about the turle in its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksbill_sea_turtle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksbill_sea_turtle" rel="nofollow"> wikpedia</a> and at the the <a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/hawksbill.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/hawksbill.htm" rel="nofollow">NOAA</a> site. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/turtle_fiji/turtle_one.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/turtle_fiji/turtle_one.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/turtle_fiji/turtle_two.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #004400">2011 Endangered Species Hawkbill Turtle 2 Dollar Coin from FIJI</span> [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TR]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is the <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/turtle_fiji/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/turtle_fiji/" rel="nofollow">Archive</a> of images of this coin.&nbsp; One of the interesting things to note about this coin is its unusual and&nbsp; beatiful 3 dimensional wave in the background field of the coin, giving&nbsp; it an unusual look in the hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now what is interesting is that there are almost more Hawkbill Coin Designs in the world that actually turtles.&nbsp; The species is endemic to most of the warm water nations of the world and everyone wants one on a coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is from Australia</p><p><img src="http://www.perthmint.com.au/images/product/original/0-Sea-Life-II-Turtle-Reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Tuvalu</p><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cgkg7Ju_kac/TB43RA4MprI/AAAAAAAAEVU/HcYYmHZ-x6w/s1600/Tuvalu+marine+life+2010+Hawksbill+turtle+silver+dollar+proof+coin_reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is Bermuda</p><p><img src="http://www.bma.bm/uploaded/Bermuda%20Hawksbill%20Turtle%20Coin%20Reverse.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Among others...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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