As legend would have it, it was Buddha himself who gave each animal its place in the Asian zodiac. When he called all the animals together following the creation, only twelve felt it necessary to attend the meeting. As a reward for their effort in making the long journey, Buddha offered each of them their own year, which would from then on bear the name of that animal. In addition, each animal was also given the opportunity to directly influence history during that time – and thus, in turn, the fate of those humans born in that year. Analogous to the characteristics of the respective animal symbol, and by means of your date of birth, you too can read those characteristic traits that may – or may not – apply to you. 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004— People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle. Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn’t be successful but they have a disconcerting habit of being too agreeable. They want to do things now, and if they cannot get started immediately, they become discouraged and sometimes leave their projects. Although good at making decisions, they tend to look down on others. Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories. Monkey people are strong willed but their anger cools quickly. They are most compatible with the Dragon and Rat.
As legend would have it, it was Buddha himself who gave each animal its place in the Asian zodiac. When he called all the animals together following the creation, only twelve felt it necessary to attend the meeting. As a reward for their effort in making the long journey, Buddha offered each of them their own year, which would from then on bear the name of that animal. In addition, each animal was also given the opportunity to directly influence history during that time – and thus, in turn, the fate of those humans born in that year. Analogous to the characteristics of the respective animal symbol, and by means of your date of birth, you too can read those characteristic traits that may – or may not – apply to you. 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004— People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle. Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn’t be successful but they have a disconcerting habit of being too agreeable. They want to do things now, and if they cannot get started immediately, they become discouraged and sometimes leave their projects. Although good at making decisions, they tend to look down on others. Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories. Monkey people are strong willed but their anger cools quickly. They are most compatible with the Dragon and Rat.
One of the issues in the ever-popular Preserve Planet Earth series of coins issued by multiple nations. This crown depicts a Colobus Monkey and would be a welcome addition to any collector of wildlife or world coins.
World Wildlife Fund – Orangutan – Medalic Issue – 2009 – Display Card – Brilliant Uncirculated – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been safeguarding the orangutan, the largest tree-dwelling animal, since the early 1960
The western lowland gorilla can be up to 6 feet tall when standing and can weigh up to 450 pounds. It has a broad chest, a muscular neck, and strong hands and feet. Short, thin, grey-black to brown-black hair covers the entire body except the face. It has a thick ridge of bone jutting out above its eye, and flared nostrils. In comparison to the mountain gorilla, the western lowland gorilla has a wider and larger skull. Also, the big toe of the western lowland gorilla is spread far apart from the alignment of his other four toes compared to the alignment in mountain gorillas. This beautiful Gorilla crown from the Republic of Liberia was issued in 1994.
One of the four wildlife crowns issued by Sierra Leone in 2005, this coin has a legal tender value of $1 in its country of origin. Home to the Dewar Wildlife Trust’s Gorilla Sanctuary, high in the hills of the Western Forest, Sierra Leone ironically has no Gorillas. This, however didn’t deter their mint from issuing this beautiful commemorative to these creatures lost to the modern country. As a promotion for their efforts at conservancy this is perhaps a doleful reminder of how urgent these efforts now are.
As legend would have it, it was Buddha himself who gave each animal its place in the Asian zodiac. When he called all the animals together following the creation, only twelve felt it necessary to attend the meeting. As a reward for their effort in making the long journey, Buddha offered each of them their own year, which would from then on bear the name of that animal. In addition, each animal was also given the opportunity to directly influence history during that time – and thus, in turn, the fate of those humans born in that year. Analogous to the characteristics of the respective animal symbol, and by means of your date of birth, you too can read those characteristic traits that may – or may not – apply to you. 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004— People born in the Year of the Monkey are the erratic geniuses of the cycle. Clever, skillful, and flexible, they are remarkably inventive and original and can solve the most difficult problems with ease. There are few fields in which Monkey people wouldn’t be successful but they have a disconcerting habit of being too agreeable. They want to do things now, and if they cannot get started immediately, they become discouraged and sometimes leave their projects. Although good at making decisions, they tend to look down on others. Having common sense, Monkey people have a deep desire for knowledge and have excellent memories. Monkey people are strong willed but their anger cools quickly. They are most compatible with the Dragon and Rat.
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.
Sierra Leone – Orangutan Gorilla – $1 – 2010 – Brilliant Uncirculated Crown – Orangutans are the largest living arboreal animals, having longer arms than the other, more terrestrial, great apes. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes.
Sierra Leone – Mountain Gorilla – $1 – 2011 – Brilliant Uncirculated Crown – The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla. It has a robust build with long, muscular arms, a massive chest, and broad hands and feet. It is the hairiest race of gorillas; its long, thick black hair insulates it from the cold of living at high elevations. There are two populations, one found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three National Parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The other is found in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. As of Spring 2010, the estimated total number of Mountain Gorillas worldwide is 790.
Sierra Leone – Chimpanzee Monkey – $1 – 2010 – Brilliant Uncirculated Crown – Chimpanzees are members of the Hominidae family, along with gorillas, humans, and orangutans. Chimpanzees split from human evolution about 6 million years ago and the two chimpanzee species are the closest living relatives to humans, all being members of the Hominini tribe. The male common chimp is up to five and one-half feet high when standing, and weighs as much as 150 pounds; the female is somewhat smaller. The common chimp
Sierra Leone – Gibbon Monkey – $1 – 2011 – Brilliant Uncirculated Crown – Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae. Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Also called the lesser apes, gibbons differ from great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans and humans) in being smaller, exhibiting low sexual dimorphism, in not making nests, and in certain anatomical details in which they superficially more closely resemble monkeys than great apes do. Gibbons also display pair-bonding, unlike most of the great apes. Gibbons are masters of their primary mode of locomotion, brachiation, swinging from branch to branch for distances of up to 50 feet, at speeds as high as 35 miles per hour. They can also make leaps of up to 26 feet and walk on two legs with their arms raised for balance. They are the fastest and most agile of all tree-dwelling, non-flying mammals. Depending on species and gender, gibbons’ fur coloration varies from dark to light brown shades, and anywhere in between black and white. It is rare to see a completely white gibbon.
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