2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Caribbean Monk Seal

正面描述	The obverse displays the full polychrome enamelled coat of arms of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas at centre, featuring a shield divided into quarters with a rising sun and a sailing ship, supported by a marlin to the left and a flamingo to the right, surmounted by a conch shell helmet and crest. A scroll at the base of the arms bears the national motto FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER. The legend COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1995 positioned in the lower field.
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附加信息	The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis) was almost certainly already extinct by 1995. The last confirmed sighting occurred in 1952 near Serranilla Bank, and a 1973 survey found nothing. The IUCN didn't formally declare the species extinct until 2008, which means this coin was struck during the awkward interim period when the animal was functionally gone but not yet officially so. The Bahamas issued it as part of a broader conservation-themed series, though the subject it commemorated had likely vanished from the wild four decades prior.

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