S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Islands – Blue Whale – 2 Pounds – 2013 – Br. Uncirculated – Prooflike – As issued by authority of the Government of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in 2013. This legal tender Two Pound coin features the Blue Whale. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At almost 100 feet in length and 190 tons or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed. Long and slender, the blue whale’s body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively of small crustaceans known as krill. Blue whales were abundant in nearly all the oceans on Earth until the beginning of the twentieth century. For over a century, they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers until protected by the international community in 1966.
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Grey-Headed Albatross – £2 – 2006 – BU
This legal-tender proof silver coin is listed in Krause’s Standard Catalog of World Coins as KM-68 with a mintage of 3,000 coins.
Bahamas – Christopher Columbus – $1 – 1992 – Pick 50 – Crisp Uncirculated
Ascension Island – Queen Elizabeth II – 60th Anniversary – Crown – 2011 – Brilliant Uncirculated – Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, 994 miles from the coast of Africa and 1,398 miles from the coast of South America which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. It is politically organized and governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Its capital is Georgetown and it has a population of approximately 880 inhabitants. Historically, it has played a role as an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats. During World War II it was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic and throughout the war.
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Islands – Explorer Shackleton – 2 Pounds – 2004 – Brilliant Uncirculated – – Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Islands – Explorer Shackleton – 2 Pounds – 2001 – Brilliant Uncirculated – – Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Tristan Da Cunha – 7 Coin Type Set – 1/2, 1/ 2. 5, 10, 20, 25, PENCE – BU
This Banknote is in Crisp Uncirculated condition.
Dominican Republic – Juan Pablo Duarte – One Peso Oro – 1988 – Pick 126 – Crisp Uncirculated
Cape Verde – 2 Coin Set – Sailships Senhor das Areias & Carvalho – 50 & 10 Escudos – 1994
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Rockhopper Penguin – £2 – 2006 – BU
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands – Humpback Whale – £2 – 2006 – BU
British Virgin Islands – Mother Teresa & Princess Diana – One Dollar – 2007 – Brilliant – Uncirculated
The Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are small cetaceans that have a long, beaklike snout, a sickle-shaped dorsal fin, and sharp teeth. They are Odontoceti (toothed whales) and have one blowhole. Bottlenose dolphins live in small groups called pods. The bottlenose dolphin can grow to be 12 feet long, and can attain weights of more than 1,400 pounds, although generally are smaller than this. Bottlenose dolphins are hunters that fish mostly at the surface of the water, eating mostly fish and squid. They have many pairs of sharp, pointed teeth distributed in both the upper and lower jaws. Bottlenose dolphins live in small pods of up to 12 whales and are very social animals. Often, many pods group together to form congregations of hundreds of dolphins. Dolphins can dive down to more than 1,000 feet and can jump up to 20 feet out of the water. A bow rider is a dolphin that hitches a rides in the bow wave in front of a ship. The dolphin surfs using the pressure created in front of a moving ship. Dolphins breathe air at the surface of the water through a single blowhole located near the top of the head. They need to breathe about every 2 minutes, but can hold their breath for several minutes. Their blow is a single, explosive cloud. Bottlenose dolphins live near the coast and inshore waters from northern Cape Hatteras to southern Florida and westward through the Gulf of Mexico.
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