Sierra Leone – Capuchin Monkey – $1 – 2009 – Brilliant Uncirculated Crown – The capuchins are monkeys of the genus Cebus found in South America. Their range includes Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina. The word capuchin derives from a group of friars named the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an offshoot from the Franciscans, who wear brown robes with large hoods covering their heads. When explorers reached the Americas in the 15th century they found small monkeys who resembled these friars and named them capuchins.