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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1450037, member: 39"]The designer of this coin, Barbara Ruppel, "arranged" the Archaeopteryx to make it look more recognizable. The stamp issued on the same occasion shows the fossil. <a href="http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/nn_56086/DE/Buergerinnen__und__Buerger/Briefmarken/Aktuelles/2011__Praesentation__Urvogel.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/nn_56086/DE/Buergerinnen__und__Buerger/Briefmarken/Aktuelles/2011__Praesentation__Urvogel.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/nn_56086/DE/Buergerinnen__und__Buerger/Briefmarken/Aktuelles/2011__Praesentation__Urvogel.html</a> (page in German)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the federal eagle that is displayed on every German collector coin, well, I do not envy the designers. They are supposed to create two sides that "harmonize". So while some details of the eagle are always the same, its overall look varies from issue to issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1450037, member: 39"]The designer of this coin, Barbara Ruppel, "arranged" the Archaeopteryx to make it look more recognizable. The stamp issued on the same occasion shows the fossil. [url]http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/nn_56086/DE/Buergerinnen__und__Buerger/Briefmarken/Aktuelles/2011__Praesentation__Urvogel.html[/url] (page in German) As for the federal eagle that is displayed on every German collector coin, well, I do not envy the designers. They are supposed to create two sides that "harmonize". So while some details of the eagle are always the same, its overall look varies from issue to issue. Christian[/QUOTE]
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