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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1629602, member: 19463&quot;]Neither is a scorpion, Steve, but I hesitate to point that out because this is &#039;Coin Talk&#039; not the test prep site for the Biology at the local school.&nbsp; Here I&#039;m violating my own pet peeve: Off Topic posts using non coin related material (polar bears, for example).&nbsp; To get back on topic:&nbsp; There are two reasons for insects on coins.&nbsp; (1) We love our honeybees and put them on coins and (2) the things are pests destroying our crops or spreading disease.&nbsp; Can someone show an ancient pest?&nbsp; I can&#039;t think of a pest coin offhand.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure I know a pest coin until we get recent enough that &#039;collectible&#039; coins started being more commemorative tokens than legal tender.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Apollonia coin critter is always given as a crayfish.&nbsp; How do we know that the intent was little rather than lobster.&nbsp; Does anyone know what crustacean is common in that region?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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