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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4834605, member: 81887&quot;]Very nice write-up [USER=109923]@John Conduitt[/USER] !&nbsp; But I have one question: On the last token, how sure are we that the bird is a toucan, rather than a hornbill?&nbsp; Because, in my opinion, it looks much more like a hornbill than a toucan.&nbsp; (Toucans, family Rhamphastidae, are only found in the tropics of the New World, while hornbills, family Bucerotidae, are found in Africa and Asia; either would be exotic for 18th-century London.)&nbsp; Hornbills tend to have a much stronger down-curve to their bill than toucans, and the bird on this token has a very strong down-curve.&nbsp; Compare this illustration of different toucan species:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>with this collage I made of various hornbill species:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169049[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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