Guyana Copper-Nickel 1990 25 Cents GEM BU KM# 34 RANDOM PICK (1 COIN )

Obverse : Coat of arms with shield



Reverse: Denomination within a circle with legend above. The date below is
surrounded by 2 birds facing left and right. The birds are Guyana’s National
Bird, the Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird,
or Canje Pheasant. Present in the Amazon-Orenoque basin, they are related to the
extinct Archeopteryx, youngs have wing claws, and they digest cellulose with
bacterial systems as cows do (thus the smell).

REF 27 035