Talk:Coins of the Falkland Islands pound

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is part of the WikiProject Numismatics, which is an attempt to facilitate the categorization and creation of accurate and formal Numismatism-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate please visit the project page, where you can join and see a list of open tasks to help with.
Stub	This article has been rated as stub-Class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Coins of the Falkland Islands pound article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

[edit] Does that look like a Fur Seal to you?

I believe the animal on the 10-pence coin has been incorrectly identified as a Fur Seal. This can probably be traced to the Krause World Coin catalogue that calls it an "Ursine Seal" (ursine meaning fur), and this error has been picked up and propagated by coin collectors.

The animal pictured is more likely a South American Sea Lion (aka Southern Sea Lion). This site tipped me off first:

http://www.falklandsconservation.com/wildlife/species_reports/sealion.html

While Fur Seals are present in the Falklands, the Southern Sea Lion is much more prevalent and has played a far more important role in its history (commercial exploitation).

Most importantly, just take a look at pictures of the two animals and the animal pictured on the coin. The animal on the coin looks like a Southern Sea Lion, not a Fur Seal.

Fur Seal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur_seal South American Sea Lion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_Sea_Lion

72.141.253.145 01:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)