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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 2752930, member: 22602&quot;]Wow, thank you very much for posting this link. I find this a really interesting and visually inventive series of coins—they make dramatic use of the fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing them all together made me realize the legends are the Latin classifications of the species. <i>Asio otus</i> is &quot;long-eared owl.&quot; <i>Hirundo rustica</i> is &quot;barn swallow.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the photographer had much rhyme or reason in aligning them. Since the denomination is the only element with a baseline, I would go by it in each coin to determine orientation, which seems to make sense given the orientation of the animals: the stork, ibex, horse—all of them, in fact, given the honey bee (with pollen sacs on its legs) and salamander can crawl in any direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very neat! (I still think there&#039;s humor in the owl—and the large bee, by contrast, crowding the field; there&#039;s visual playfulness in the whole series.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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