MOZAMBIQUE ENDANGERED GIRAFFES SILVER 500 M PROOF COIN

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Please see my cheap regular mail H & S fees (US$): Portugal - 0.75; European Union - 1.00; Rest of the World - 1.5 If you want regular mail and to pay. via Pay Pal, please see my information handling and Shipping Costs (In the end of this page) KM 113; 16.000g; 0.9990 silver ; 0.5139 oz THE GIRAFFE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE, TRULY FASCINATING ANIMAL UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. T ARE SO MANY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE GIRAFFE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ANIMAL IS OFTEN KILLED BY POACHERS AND THEIR HABITAT IS DESTROYED A LOT. HISTORICALLY, THE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED FOR MEAT, AND THEIR HIDES USED FOR "BOOTS, DRUMS, BUCKETS, AND SHIELDS.... LEG TENDONS BECAME THREAD AND GUITAR STRINGS; THE BONES, BUTTONS; THE BLADDER, A WATER BAG. BUT THE PRIZE WAS THE TAIL. BRACELETS WERE MADE OF THE LONG HAIRS AT THE END, OR THE ENTIRE TUFT WAS USED AS A FLYSWATTER, A COVETED SYMBOL OF AUTHORITY THAT DATES BACK TO ANCIENT EGYPT. TODAY LAWS FOR HUNTING GIRAFFES IN AFRICA VARY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. ROUGHLY 95,000 LIVE IN AFRICA, ABOUT 1,000 IN ZOOS WORLDWIDE, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS IN SMALLER FACILITIES.GIRAFFES HAVE EVEN GONE EXTINCT IN SOME COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SENEGAL, MAURITANIA, MALI AND MOZAMBIQUE. IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THE PAST, GIRAFFES WERE ABUNDAND IN ALL DRY AREAS OF SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE (NEVER RECORDED NORTH OF SAVE RIVER), BUT WERE DECREASSING SINCE 1960´S. AFTER 1975 THEY WERE MASSACRED UP TO THE EXTINCTION.FARMERS ALSO KILL GIRAFFES BECAUSE THEY EAT THEIR CROPS. IF PEOPLE AREN'T CAREFUL, T WILL BE NO MORE GIRAFFES IN AFRICA. GIRAFFES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM MUCH OF THEIR FORMER RANGES IN WESTERN AFRICA AND THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI. GIRAFFES WERE NEARLY ELIMINATED FROM EAST AFRICA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY BY NON-NATIVE HUNTERS AND RINDERPEST, A DISEASE BELIEVED TO BE INTRODUCED BY CATTLE IMPORTED TO AFRICA. TODAY, GIRAFFES ARE FOUND, MAINLY IN NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER PROTECTED AREAS AND GAME FARMS OF SOUTGERN AFRICA. LUCKELY, RECENT TWENTY GIRAFFES FROM THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIC) WERE TRANSLOCATED TO THE ADJACENT LIMPOPO NATIONAL PARK, IN MOZAMBIQUE. See scans WELCOME TO MY AUCTIONS Please, read all conditions before bidding: I have new terms, including new H&S costs and discounts. If you do not agree with my conditions, please do not bid. Notes on Handling & Shipping Fees The H&S costs indicated automatically in Shipping for this lot are for registered mail. For some lots I indicate the cost of regular mail. For others, which I consider that will be safer to ship them by registered mail, can be sent by regular mail if you wish. In this case, please see below. The cost of H&S fees depends on the size and weight of the lot and of the size of the envelope which I use for shipment. All items are always sent very well protect. Many bank notes, covers sheetlets and S/S require bigger envelopes for shipping. Accepted Forms of Payment Portuguese residents : ONLY by Bank transferring (NIB 0033 0 7884 05) or bank cheque. (Transferência bancária -NIB-, ou cheque). No caso de ter necessidade de pagar pela Paypal, queira contactar-me antes de licitar. Uma solução poderá ser encontrada neste caso, não depois. OS ITEMS COMPRADOS PODERÃO AINDA SER RECEBIDOS E PAGOS NO NOSSO ESCRITÓRIO EM: RUA DO CRUCIFIXO, Nº 76 - 4º - SALA S LISBOA ( JUNTO À ESTAÇÃO DO METRO BAIXA CHIADO) YOUR PURCHASES CAN BE RECEIVED AND PAID IN THE ABOVE ADDRESS. Other European Union Countries : Bank transfer or PayPal Discounts available for payments by Bank transfer. (Iban / Swift) I do not accept cheques of any type (except from a Portuguese Bank) or money orders. REST OF THE WORLD PAYPAL ONLY ( NO BANK CHEQUE OR ANY FORM OF MONEY ORDERS) If you want to pay by other method, please contact me before bidding. How to pay by Bank transfer PORTUGAL EURO ZONE NIB 0033 00... read more

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