Insects on Coins (country name order)| Australia 2014 | Australia 2014 | Australia 2014 | Australia 2014 | Australia 2014 | Australia 2014 | 
| ALUMI. BRONZE | ALUMI. BRONZE | ALUMI. BRONZE | ALUMI. BRONZE | ALUMI. BRONZE | ALUMI. BRONZE | 
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| Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia cuprina (Calliphoridae)  | 
Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses (Papilionidae)  | 
Rainbow Stag Beetle Phalacrognathus muelleri (Lucanidae)  | 
Cuckoo Wasp Chrysis chrysis (Chrysididae)  | 
Leichhardt's Grasshopper Petasida ephippigera (Acrididae)  | 
Venomous Bull Ant Myrmecia gulosa (Formicidae)  | 
| Canada 2011 | Canada 2012 | Canada 2013 | Chad 2015 COPPER- | 
| COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL | NICKEL+BRASS | 
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| Ladybug Beetle Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinelidae)  | 
Northern Bumble Bee Bombus polaris (Anthophoridae)  | 
Tailed Blue Butterfly Cupido comyntas (Lycaenidae)  | 
Leaf-cutter Ant Atta sp. (Formicidae)  | 
| Chuvashia 2013 | Annobon Islands of Equatorial Guinea 2013 | Ancient Greek | ||
| COPPER | BRASS | COPPER-NICKEL | BRASS{COPPER-NICKEL | 387BC SILVER | 
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| Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes nasicornis (Scarabaeidae)  | 
Ladybug Beetle ??? (Coccinelidae)  | 
Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae)  | 
Hawk Moth ??? (Sphingidae)  | 
Honeybee ??? (Apidae)  | 
| Hungary 2015 | Italy 1919 | Italy 1953 | Kazakhstan 2012 | Liechtenstein 2021 | 
| COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER | ALUMINUM | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL | 
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| Blue Longhorn Beetle Rosalia alpina (Cerambycidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Giant Asian Mantis Hierodula tenuidentata (Mantidae)  | 
European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae)  | 
| Latvia 2003 | Luxembourg 2013 | Malta 1972 | Moldova 2013 | 
| COPPER-NICKEL | ALUMINUM-BRONZE+SILVER | ALUMINUM | SILVER | 
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| Red Wood Ant Formica rufa (Formicidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale (Agrionidae)  | 
| Morocco | New Zealand | Sint Eustatius 2013 | ||
| 2011 BRASS | 2018 SILVER | COPPER | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL | 
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| Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Slave-raiding Ant Polyergus lucidus (Formicidae)  | 
Grasshopper ??? (Acrididae)  | 
Assassin Bug ??? (Reduviidae)  | 
| Sint Eustatius of Caribbean Netherlands 2013 | |||
| COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER+COPPER-NICKEL | BRASS+COPPER-NICKEL | 
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| Pond Skater ??? (Gerridae)  | 
Praying Mantid ??? (Mantidae)  | 
Dragonfly ??? (Libellulidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
| Vatican city 1992 | Niger 2005 | Norway 1960 | Palau 2006 | Palau 2006 | 
| ALUMINUM | COPPER-NICKEL+BRASS | COPPER-NICKEL | GOLD | GOLD | 
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Malaria Mosquito Anopheles anopheles (Culicidae)  | 
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Scarabaeidae)  | 
Ant Lion Fly (Larva) Hagenomyia micans (Myrmeleontidae)  | 
| Palau 2010 SILVER | Palau 2010 SILVER | Palau 2011 SILVER | Palau 2011 SILVER | 
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| Blue-eyed Hawker Aeshna affinis (Aeschnidae)  | 
African Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria (Acrididae)  | 
Bumble Bee Bombus latreille (Anthophoridae)  | 
Giant Prickly Stick Insect Extatosoma tiaratum (Phasmatidae)  | 
| Palau | Papua NewGuinea | Papua NewGuinea | Philippine | 
| 2009 SILVER | 1972 BRONZE | 1990 GOLD | 1990 BRASS | 
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| Seven-spotted Ladybug Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinelidae)  | 
Paradise Birdwing Butterfly Ornithoptera paradisea (Papilionidae)  | 
Alexandra Birdwing Butterfly Ornithoptera alexandras (Papilionidae)  | 
Kite Swallowtail Graphium idaeoides (Papilionidae)  | 
| Russia 2013 | Russia 2017 | Russia 2019 | Russia 2021 | Russia 2021 | 
| BRASS+COPPER-NICKEL | NICKEL+BRASS | NICKEL+BRASS | BRASS+NICKEL-SILVER | BRASS+NICKEL-SILVER | 
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| European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae)  | 
Ground Beetle Carabus tauricus (Carabidae)  | 
Ribbon Lacewing Lertha extensa (Neomopteridae)  | 
Anthia Ground Beetle Anthia mannerheimi (Harpalidae)  | 
Big-eyed Bumble Bee Bombus sporadicus (Anthophoridae)  | 
| SanMarino | Slovakia 2001 | Slovenia 1993 | ||
| 1974 ALUMINUM | 1974 ALUMINUM | 1974 ALUMINUM | SILVER | ALUMINUM | 
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| Red Wood Ant Formica rufa (Formicidae)  | 
Flower Chafer Trichius gallicus (Scarabaeidae)  | 
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Blue Longhorn Beetle Rosalia alpina (Cerambycidae)  | 
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
| Poland 1997 | Ukraina 2006 | Ukraine 2010 | Sumatra 2018 | |
| BRASS | SILVER | GOLD | ALUMINUM-BRONZE | ALUMINUM-BRONZE | 
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| European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae)  | 
Ukranian Grasshopper Poecilimon ukrainicus (Tettigoniidae)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Longhorned Beetle Semanotus russicus (Cerambycidae)  | 
Purpurbook Beetle Purpuricenus kaehleri (Cerambycidae)  | 
| Cook Islands 2014 | Southeast Asia 1850 | Southeast Asia 1850 | Togo 2005 | 
| GOLD plated SILVER | TIN-ZINC | TIN-ZINC | SILVER | 
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
Cricket ??? (Gryllidae?)  | 
Butterfly ??? (Papilionidae?)  | 
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae)  | 
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