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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 133278, member: 4626"]Sorry to nitpick, but the proper plural form of octopus is octopuses, not octopi... the us to i plural form is unique to Latin-derived words. Octopus is Greek.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway back on topic lol... best bet would be various South Pacific countried for more modern depictions of sea life. Is an eBay seller that seems to specialize in world coins that depic various wildlife... check to see what xcpddet is selling at any given time, bound to find something interesting. Tends to be a bit superlative in some of his descriptions lol, but if you like what he's selling can get around that. Doesn't appear to be selling anything right now but is bound to have new listings soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>East Timor has a nautilus on their 1 centavo coin... saw a 2004 one on eBay (in their language it's "Timor-Leste" but the ebay seller had it misspelled as "Tomor-Leste" lol). Nice looking coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TOMOR-LESTE-REP-1-CENTAVO-2004-UNC-BU-NAUTILUS_W0QQitemZ8424450458QQcategoryZ544QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TOMOR-LESTE-REP-1-CENTAVO-2004-UNC-BU-NAUTILUS_W0QQitemZ8424450458QQcategoryZ544QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/TOMOR-LESTE-REP-1-CENTAVO-2004-UNC-BU-NAUTILUS_W0QQitemZ8424450458QQcategoryZ544QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(OK to post links to auctions here? Isn't my own, not sure about rules on that).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 133278, member: 4626"]Sorry to nitpick, but the proper plural form of octopus is octopuses, not octopi... the us to i plural form is unique to Latin-derived words. Octopus is Greek. Anyway back on topic lol... best bet would be various South Pacific countried for more modern depictions of sea life. Is an eBay seller that seems to specialize in world coins that depic various wildlife... check to see what xcpddet is selling at any given time, bound to find something interesting. Tends to be a bit superlative in some of his descriptions lol, but if you like what he's selling can get around that. Doesn't appear to be selling anything right now but is bound to have new listings soon. East Timor has a nautilus on their 1 centavo coin... saw a 2004 one on eBay (in their language it's "Timor-Leste" but the ebay seller had it misspelled as "Tomor-Leste" lol). Nice looking coin: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/TOMOR-LESTE-REP-1-CENTAVO-2004-UNC-BU-NAUTILUS_W0QQitemZ8424450458QQcategoryZ544QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] (OK to post links to auctions here? Isn't my own, not sure about rules on that).[/QUOTE]
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