The Bermuda Monetary Authority issued this piece as part of a wildlife series timed loosely around growing conservation awareness in the Atlantic territories during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The yellow-crowned night heron — Nyctanassa violacea — had faced serious pressure in Bermuda from habitat loss and human encroachment on the mangrove systems it depends on for nesting.
KM#68 was struck at the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held the BMA contract for collector coinage through much of this period.
The Bermuda Monetary Authority issued this piece as part of a wildlife series timed loosely around growing conservation awareness in the Atlantic territories during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The yellow-crowned night heron — Nyctanassa violacea — had faced serious pressure in Bermuda from habitat loss and human encroachment on the mangrove systems it depends on for nesting.
KM#68 was struck at the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held the BMA contract for collector coinage through much of this period.