Look closely, animal lovers and wild beast watchers! The creature on this scarce-as-hen's-teeth silver coin of the Corieltauvi is not what you think it is. No, Larry, it's not a boar. It's a wolf, a genuine Lincolnshire wolf, as probably seen by our Corieltauvian die cutter before wolves became extinct in the east of England. The last recorded wild wolf in Britain, pictured here, was killed in 1743 in the forest near the source of the river Findhorn in north-east Scotland. One of the Gaelic names for the wolf is Madadh-Allaidh 'the wild dog'. We think some collectors will go wild with desire to capture our elusive Lincolnshire wolf. Only six others recorded, including two in the British Museum. This is the first we've had and you'll see it in Chris Rudd's November list.                                                                        17.10.05