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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1494766, member: 37479&quot;]<b>Philippines:&nbsp; Tamarau 200 Piso (Tamaraw)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>A critically endangered species, Bubalus mindorensis (identified as Anoa mindorensis at the time of the coins production), lives in an extremely small habitat on the Island of Mindoro in the southeast Philippines.&nbsp; It is one of what was a largely spread group of dwarf cattle that lived on many islands around the Philippines&nbsp; in the Pleistocene Epoch.&nbsp; The Tamarau related to the Asiatic Water Buffalo, but it doesn&#039;t herd and it hates water.&nbsp; It grows to about 3 feet high, and live on young cane shoots, and grass.&nbsp; It lives in tropical highland forests. It grazes in thick brush, near open-canopied wooded areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190876.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190875.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The creature is of national pride in the Philippines and has been on 1 peso circulating coins in the past</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]190877.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative coin was also minted as a proof in Britain at 925 silver, but with a weight of only 25g and a diameter of 38mm.&nbsp; There were, like the others,&nbsp; 25,000 minted.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/tamarau.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/tamarau_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/tamarau_r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/tamarau_r_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/tamarau_r_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>20 of 25 coins</p><p>five left[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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