Greater Magellan Goose 2 Pence Falkland Islands Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Upland Goose)
Reverse: Greater Magellan Goose, in flight, facing left. Numeral above, lettering and date around edge below. The subspecies Chloephaga picta leucoptera is restricted to the Falklands, being slightly larger than its South American counterpart C. p. picta.
Lettering: 2
FALKLAND ISLANDS
Obverse: Crowned portrait right
Lettering: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
Features
Issuer Falkland Islands
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 2004-2011
Value 2 Pence
0.02 FKP = 0.027 USD
Currency Pound (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Bronze plated steel
Weight 7.12 g
Diameter 25.91 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 6399
References KM# 131
Wikipedia:
The upland goose or Magellan goose (Chloephaga picta) is a sheldgoose of the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans. There are two subspecies of upland goose. The smaller mainland form, picta, also known as the lesser Magellan goose, is found from central Chile and south-central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. The larger insular form, leucoptera or greater Magellan goose, is indigenous to the Falkland Islands, located off of southern part of South America.
Males attract females through a courtship display in which they whistle loudly, to which the female responds with softer cackles. They are monogamous, and if a male encroaches on another's territory, a violent fight may break out. Males have been found injured or dead after these fights.
