Zambia – Deadly Insects – Tsetse Fly – 1000 Kwacha – 2010 – Proof Colored Coin – Tsetse flies, are large biting flies that inhabit much of mid-continental Africa between the Sahara and the Kalahari deserts. They live by feeding on the blood of vertebrate animals. Tsetse have been extensively studied because of their disease transmission. Fossilized tsetse have been recovered from the Florissant Fossil Beds in Colorado, supposedly laid down some 34 million years ago. Diseases transmitted by tsetse flies kill 250,000–300,000 people per year.
Total mintage was limited to 10,000 pieces.
Tristan Da Cunha – 7 Coin Type Set – 1/2, 1/ 2. 5, 10, 20, 25, PENCE – BU
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2003 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.
Chad – McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Aircraft – 1000 Francs – 2002 – Proof Silver Crown – Color – The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a medium- to long-range wide-body airliner seating up to 380 passengers. The DC-10 emerged in the late 1960s as the first Douglas wide-body airliner and it was the second wide-body jet reaching operational status after the Boeing 747.
Eritrea – Triceratops – One Dollar Crown – 1993 – Brilliant Uncirculated Triceratops, from the Greek meaning “three-horned face,” (because it had three horns) was a ceratopsid herbivorous dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous period of North America. It lived on the planet about seventy million years ago. It was about thirty feet long, ten feet tall, and probably weighed around 12,000 pounds. Triceratops was discovered by John Bell Hatcher in 1888, named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889 and its acceptance as a legitimate dinosaur came when an intact skull was found. The sturdy nature of the animal’s skull has ensured that many examples have been preserved as fossils, allowing variations between species and individuals to be studied.
This beautiful set of five antelope crowns was a test pattern for some Ten Kwacha coins that were never monetized.
Malawi – Pattern – Mother Nature of Africa – Seagulls and Chick – 10 Kwacha – 2004 – Proof Color Crown
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