1.5 Euro Monk seal

Reverse

On the outside part of the the reverse (common to all the coins), floral designs and animal tracks.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ANIMALES EN PELIGRO DE EXTINCIÓN
1,5 EURO
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Translation: Endangered Animals

Edge

Plain

Comment

There are only 2 living species of monk seals, the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi), both of which are critically endangered. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is now extinct.
The Hawaiian monk seal is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the only species of phocid that does not migrate, living year-round in tropical waters, from which it derives all its sustenance. It lives for 25 to 30 years and has an average weight of about 150 kg and a length of 2 metres. These pinniped mammals feed on a wide variety of marine animals, such as cephalopods, fish and crustaceans, and can dive to depths of up to 500 metres in search of food.
The Hawaiian monk seals' habitat consists of the coastal reefs where they forage for prey, and the paradisiacal beaches of blue water and fine sand where they rest, mate or give birth to their pups.
During the 19th century they were hunted for their skin, blubber and meat; so much pressure was put on them that by the middle of the century they were considered extinct, but they were able to survive on beaches less accessible to humans.
Today, the fishing nets in which they are trapped, diseases, predation by sharks, alterations to their habitat or chemical products derived from fishing continue to decimate their population, reducing it to colonies in small areas and protected reserves in some of the islands of Hawaii.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2022 M	5000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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