Natural History Commemoratives

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There has been quite a few Natural History Commemorative coins put out in the last 20 years or so. The Museum of Natural History in London has had a number of issues including a run honoring Mary Anning (BTW the Marine reptiles at that museum was quite impressive).

I've picked up a few over the years, but this German issue has been my favorite

I did a write up for this a while back with a fascinating video on the subject.

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/archeopteryx.html

There are three archeopteryx skeletons, to my recollection, in Berlin, London and the Teyler museum in Harlem. I've seen two of the three, London and the Teyler.

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These were some of the Annings

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Color Anning Proofs

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http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/maryanning_2.mp4
http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/maryanning_1.mp4

Nice little video showing the cards.

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Then there is this lovely commem for the Cave of Chauvet

https://watchdocumentaries.com/cave-of-forgotten-dreams/

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Here a link to the World & Ancient coin forum: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum for non-U.S. coins: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum

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Also from the British Museum of Natural History.

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