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<p>[QUOTE="areich, post: 1492118, member: 37479"]<b>Falkland Islands: King Penguins 50 Pence</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Falkland Islands is a hotly contested archipelago in the South Atlantic about 250 miles from the coast of Argentina. A British Colony since 1835, the majority people living on the Islands are of British decent. In 1982 Britain and Argentina got into a shooting war of the islands political status. Rich oil fields off shore are at stake. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Islands have one of the largest collections of sea birds in the world including 5 species of Penguin, although the breeding on the main islands has been reduced because of introduced animals. Among those breeds of Penguins include the King Penguin, which has only about 200 breeding pairs in the Falklands, justifying there presence on the coin, despite the fact that they are classified as "least concerned".</p><p><br /></p><p>They have a very long breeding cycle, well over a year, which means they succeed in only 2 of three years. They feed mostly on small fish or squid, and do not eat krill or small crustaceans like most penguin species.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190175.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]190176.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is .925 Silver, and a 50 pence denomination. It weights 28.28 grams and has a 38.61 diameter. It was minted at the British Royal mint to the number of 25,000 units of proof coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin_sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH]190177.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a full blown image.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin.png" rel="nofollow">http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin.png</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(15 of 25)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="areich, post: 1492118, member: 37479"][b]Falkland Islands: King Penguins 50 Pence[/b] The Falkland Islands is a hotly contested archipelago in the South Atlantic about 250 miles from the coast of Argentina. A British Colony since 1835, the majority people living on the Islands are of British decent. In 1982 Britain and Argentina got into a shooting war of the islands political status. Rich oil fields off shore are at stake. The Islands have one of the largest collections of sea birds in the world including 5 species of Penguin, although the breeding on the main islands has been reduced because of introduced animals. Among those breeds of Penguins include the King Penguin, which has only about 200 breeding pairs in the Falklands, justifying there presence on the coin, despite the fact that they are classified as "least concerned". They have a very long breeding cycle, well over a year, which means they succeed in only 2 of three years. They feed mostly on small fish or squid, and do not eat krill or small crustaceans like most penguin species. [ATTACH]190175.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]190176.vB[/ATTACH] This coin is .925 Silver, and a 50 pence denomination. It weights 28.28 grams and has a 38.61 diameter. It was minted at the British Royal mint to the number of 25,000 units of proof coin. [IMG]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin_sm.jpg[/IMG] [ATTACH]190177.vB[/ATTACH] Here is a full blown image. [url]http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/penguin.png[/url] (15 of 25)[/QUOTE]
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