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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1494029, member: 37479&quot;]<b>Nepal 250 Rupees Musk Deer</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Kingdom of Nepal has produced a 250 Rupees silver coin for the World Wildlife Fund 25th Anniversary that displays the unusual Siberian Musk deer ( MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS ) which is one of several kinds of Musk Deer both living and extinct.&nbsp; The species is interesting for a number of reasons, the first being that is it not a deer at all, of the family Cervidae and which have antlers, but the family of Moschus.&nbsp; The have an interesting and prehistoric looking set of fang teeth, and a powerful musk gland that is perceptible by humans to the dilution of 1 part per 3000.&nbsp; This makes the animal very valuable and highly poached, putting in on the &quot;Vulnerable&quot; category in its conservation status.&nbsp; &nbsp; It is mostly a nocturnal animal&nbsp; and ranged from Korea to Mongolia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190732.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190733.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190734.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is 0.925 silver, with a smallish weight of 19.44g and a 36mm diameter, proof qulaity produced by the British royal Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had some practice now with the GIMP and the Camera so i took a few experimental images of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_1_r.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/deer_5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(19 of 25)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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