FALKLAND ISLANDS BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY
REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
WORLD WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SERIES - THE FALKLANDS FUR SEAL
RARE GOLD 150 POUNDS COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 67
OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF ELIZABETH II WEARING A TIARA RIGHT
REV: A FUR SEAL ON A ROCK LEFT WITH NOSE POINTED SKYWARD, WAVES BEHIND; DENOMINATION BENEATH; DATE RIGHT.
KM #13
THE FALKLANDS FUR SEAL (ARCTOCEPHALUS AUSTRALIS AUSTRALIS) IS A SUBSPECIES OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN FUR SEAL. FALKLANDS FUR SEALS HAVE 16 BREEDING SITES, ONE BEING ON THE FALKLANDS AND THE OTHERS NORTHWEST ON THE ROCKY OFFSHORE ISLANDS. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A MALE ADULT IS 1.9 METERS, WHILE A FEMALE RANGES AROUND 1.3 METERS. THESE ANIMALS FEED MOSTLY ON LOBSTER KRILL, SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME AT SEA, AND DIVE TO DEPTHS OF 30 TO 40 METERS. DURING THE 19th CENTURY THEY WERE HUNTED ALMOST TO EXTINCTION, BUT TODAY THEY HAVE A MODEST POPULATION OF 8,000 BREEDING FEMALES AROUND THE FALKLANDS.
CONTAINS 33.437 GRAMS OF .900 GOLD (.9675 OZ AGW)
35 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 488 MINTED!
