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25 Cents - Elizabeth II Bermuda Bluebird
| Issuer | Bermuda |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed Bermuda Bluebird (Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis) is depicted perched upright at centre, facing left, surrounded by tropical foliage and open flowers in the lower field. In the background, two sailing vessels are rendered on a calm sea beneath a plain sky. The denomination legend 25 CENTS is inscribed along the right portion of the inner border in upright letters. |
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Bermuda's wildlife coinage series was introduced partly in response to the near-extinction of the Bermuda bluebird — technically the Eastern Bluebird, introduced and now fiercely protected — whose population collapsed in the mid-20th century due to competition from starlings and sparrows brought over from Europe. Recovery programs beginning in the 1960s, led largely by the Bermuda Bluebird Society, deployed thousands of purpose-built nesting boxes across the islands and are now considered one of the more successful small-territory conservation efforts in the Atlantic.