#NationalAardvarkWeek shoutout to Zambia for putting #aardvarks on both circulating coins & banknotes - the only country cool enough to have done either.
Honorable mention to The Gambia for once issuing a commemorative aardvark coin.
1 Zambia 1000 Kwacha (1000 ZMK) standard banknote (2003-2012)
2 Zambia 1 Ngwee standard circulation coin (1982-1983; bronze version also in circulation from 1968-1978)
3 The Gambia 40 Dalasis non-circulating coin Wildlife Conservation series (1977)
(via Numista)

#NationalAardvarkWeek fun fact: #DYK that #aardvarks can stand up for a bit? Their thick kangaroo-like tail helps with balance!
Plate: Taf. 1 in Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp, 1852 via Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://flic.kr/p/2kyzFsV

#NationalAardvarkWeek: #DYK #aardvarks are endemic to Africa? They've been found in rock art from a number of sites across their native range. Here is a petroglyph on display at the National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria, South Africa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Cultural_History_Museum-040.jpg
#AardvarksAareAawesome

Happy #NationalAardvarkWeek 2026! It’s one of my favorite animals so expect plenty more #aardvark “aart” throughout the week 🥰
Here is a one-of-a-kind piece from Fabergé : this lovely little agate #aardvark with rose diamond eyes c. 1910 (4.3 x 6.8 x 2.8 cm) was bought by King George V in 1914 from Fabergé's London branch for £18. It's now in the Royal Collection Trust: https://rct.uk/collection/40471/aardvark
#AardvarksAareAawesome

#NationalAardvarkWeek: #DYK #aardvarks are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa? They appear as rock art at a number of sites across their native range. Here is a petroglyph on display at the National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria, South Africa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Cultural_History_Museum-040.jpg
#AardvarksAareAawesome

##NationalAardvarkWeek fun fact: #DYK that #aardvarks can stand up for a bit? Their thick kangaroo-like tail helps with balance!
Plate: Taf. 1 in Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp, 1852 via Biodiversity Heritage Library: https://flic.kr/p/2kyzFsV