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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1502851, member: 37479&quot;]<b>Aquila Verreauxii - Oman (a HUGE Eagle)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Witkruisarend.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes - this is one huge bird with a wingspan as large as 7 feet across and weighing in at about 1-13 pounds, these fearless birds have been reported to attack leopards,&nbsp; but usually feed on hyraxes.&nbsp; The often hunt in pairs using strategy, and to swoop in from behind cliffs in a surprise attack.&nbsp; Native to all over the East and Western African coastline, as well as the Western Arabian coasts as well, the country of Oman was quite proud of the discovery of this bird in 1977.&nbsp; They have a White &#039;V&#039; on its back and white in the flight feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another British minted coin, it is 2 1/2 Rials and weighs 28.28 grams with a diameter of 38.61mm.&nbsp; The mintage was a standard 25,000 proof coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this the hardest coin to decipher.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t figure out the orientation of the reverse bird, or the symbols of the obverse which to me looked like a weird space ship but might be crossed swords.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, it is a beautiful coin</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/eagle_o_c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/eagle_o_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/eagle_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/eagle_r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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