1978 GOLD SEYCHELLES 1500 RUPEES NGC MINT STATE 65 ONLY 683 MINTED "CONSERVATION SERIES OF THE BLACK SEYCHELLES PARADISE FLYCATCHER BIRD"

REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES

CONSERVATION SERIES OF THE BLACK SEYCHELLES - PARADISE FLYCATCHER BIRD

RARE GOLD FIFTEEN-HUNDRED RUPEES COIN

1,500 GOLD RUPEES CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 65

OBV: NATIONAL ARMS; DATE BELOW.

REV: WITHIN HANGING TREE BRANCHES, A PARADISE FLYCATCHER PAIR, FEMALE IN NEST, MALE PERCHED WITH LONG TAILFEATHERS BEHIND.

KM # 41

THE SEYCHELLES PARADISE FLYCATCHER BIRD (TERPSIPHONE CORVINA), IS A MEMBER OF THE GENUS OF MONARCH FLYCATCHERS. THEY ARE RARE BIRDS AND CONSIDERED TO BE ON THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LIST. THE MALE HAS CHARACTERISTIC LONG STREAMER TAILS AND ARE GLOSSY BLACK WITH A DEEP BLUE SHEEN, WHEREAS THE FEMALES HAVE RUST OR CHESTNUT COLORED UPPERPARTS, WHITISH-CREAM UNDERPARTS AND BLUE LEGS, BILL AND FACE. THE SPECIES EXISTS ENTIRELY ON THE ISLE OF LA DIGUE IN THE SEYCHELLES AND THERE IS A RESERVE THERE FOR ITS PROTECTION. THERE WERE 139 PAIRS IN THE YEAR 2000, BUT THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN INCREASING, AND THERE ARE PLANS TO ESTABLISH A POLULATION ON ANOTHER ISLAND AS WELL.

CONTAINS 33.437 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.9676 OZ AGW)

33 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 683 MINTED!

MINTED AT THE BRITISH ROYAL MINT