SOMALI REPUBLIC
AFRICAN WILDLIFE SERIES - THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT
LARGE FIVE-OUNCE GOLD FIFTEEN HUNDRED SHILLINGS
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS WITH SUPPORTERS.
REV: AN ELEPHANT FAMILY WITHIN CIRCLE.
KM # 210
THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT (LOXODONTA AFRICANA), ALSO CALLED THE SAVANNA ELEPHANT, IS THE LARGEST LIVING LAND ANIMAL. THE LARGEST RECORDED AFRICAN ELEPHANT WAS MEASURED AT FOUR METERS TO THE SHOULDERS AND WEIGHED TEN METRIC TONS.
THEY ARE ALSO ONE OF THE EARTH'S MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS, RIVALLING PRIMATES AND CETACEANS, AND EXHIBIT A WIDE RENGE OF EMOTIONS AND TALENTS USUALLY ATTRIBUTED TO HUMANS SUCH AS HUMOR, ART, TOOL USE, COMPASSION, GRIEF AND POSSIBLY LANGUAGE AMONG OTHERS.
IVORY POACHING IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THESE ANIMALS. IN 1990 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PLACED A BAN ON IVORY TRADING, BUT THE POACHING CONTINUES TO PLAGUE ELEPHANT POPULATIONS.
IN CHAD, A 1970 POPULATION OF 400,000 ELEPHANTS DROPPED TO 10,000 BY 2006 BECAUSE OF POACHING, AND IN KENYA THE POPULATION DROPPED BY 85 PERCENT IN A SIXTEEN YEAR PERIOD.
CONTAINS 155.5 GRAMS OF .999 PURE GOLD (5 OZS AGW)
65 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 99 MINTED!
