DEPARTMENT OF MAYOTTE (INSULAR DEPARTMENT AND REGION OF FRANCE)
WILDLIFE PROTECTION SERIES – BROWN LEMURS
GOLD 20 EUROS ESSAI PATTERN COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 67 ULTRA CAMEO
ONLY 300 MINTED!
OBV: COAT OF ARMS OF MAYOTTE LEFT; DATE AND FRENCH REPUBLIC MONOGRAM RIGHT; WORD "ESSAI" BENEATH ARMS.
REV: TWO BROWN LEMURS ON A BRANCHES; DENOMINATION BENEATH LEMURS.
KM # XE15 PATTERN
THE COMMON BROWN LEMUR LIVES IN MADAGASCAR AND MAYOTTE. THEY ARE AN AVERAGE OF BETWEEN 84 AND 101 CENTIMETERS LONG, AND WEIGH 2-3 KILOGRAMS. THE POPULATION ON MAYOTTE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BY MAN. THEY LIVE MAINLY IN VARIOUS FOREST TYPE REGIONS, IN GROUPS OF 5 TO 12, AND SOMETIMES LARGER, ESPECIALLY ON MAYOTTE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF MAYOTTE IS LOCATED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN BETWEEN MADAGASCAR AND MOZAMBIQUE. IT CONSISTS OF A MAIN ISLAND, A SMALLER ISLAND, AND SEVERAL ISLETS. IT IS THE POOREST REGION OF FRANCE, BUT IS STILL MORE PROSPEROUS THAN THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
CONTAINS 8.53 GRAMS OF 9167 FINE GOLD
0.2514 OZ AGW
27 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 300 MINTED!
