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25 Sen - Agong XII Leatherback Turtle
| Issuer | Bank Negara Malaysia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 25 Sen |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field presents a finely detailed high-relief depiction of an adult leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) viewed from above, shown in a naturalistic swimming pose with flippers extended and the distinctively keeled, elongated carapace prominently rendered. Rocky coastal terrain is suggested in the background. The curved legend ENDANGERED SPECIES SERIES arcs along the upper periphery, while the lower periphery carries the bilingual inscriptions PENYU BELIMBING and LEATHERBACK TURTLE · DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA arranged in concentric arcs. |
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The Leatherback Turtle series coin was issued as Malaysia's leatherback nesting population was already in effective collapse — by the mid-2000s, fewer than two females were recorded nesting annually at Rantau Abang in Terengganu, down from hundreds in the 1950s. The coin's timing was less celebration than quiet acknowledgment of a local extinction in progress.