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Israel
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Please, share with us your coins with Monkeys, Apes (Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Orangutan) and other Primates. To start this thread, here is a set of five coins of 5 Shillings each issued by Somalia in 2017 - Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) - Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys) - Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) - Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) - Baboon (Papio anubis) 
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Thanks
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07/14/2022 01:12 am
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@wade and @lao, you will notice that I have deleted and edited your replies, respectively. We are talking about coins rather than political commentary. Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Israel
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Spence, thanks for the editing. I started this thread to show coins depicting monkeys. Here is one oversize coin from Gibraltar, a 25 New Pence coin issued in 1971 shows Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus). The Macaque is the only wild monkey population in the European continent living in Gibraltar. 
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United Kingdom
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Another Gibraltar coin - 50 pence 2016:  Edited by NumisRob
07/14/2022 02:56 am
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Australia
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i still can't understand how people can keep chimps as pets. They are nightmarish to handle.
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Australia
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UK 2009 2 pound coin with Darwin and a chimp.  |
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Australia
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China 2016 10 yuan - Year of the monkey.  |
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Australia
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Gibraltar 1996 5 pence.  |
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You do realise any coin with a human on it counts. We humans are a member of the family of Great Apes. The family includes (Pongo) Orangutans, Pan (Chimpanzees and Bonobos), Gorillae (Gorillas) and Homoinae (Humans and extinct humanlike hominids).  The main difference between apes and monkeys, is that they generally don't have tails (Gibbons and siamang do), and apes can walk upright if needed, along with being a lot larger than most monkeys (Baboons and mandrills excluded). Gibbons and siamang are a step down as Lesser apes. Sorry I just had to monkey about a bit. Apes are my favourite animals after Bears and Cats. Sorry I thought I had a monkey coin, but I have not.  Edited by Princetane
07/14/2022 07:47 am
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Nice examples!  |
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Canada
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2000 Somalia. 10 Shillings.   |
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Israel
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Looking good! |
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Israel
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Coin of 1 Crown issued for Isle of Man in 2004 to celebrate the Year of the Monkey: 
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Coin of 1 Crown issued for Isle of Man in 2004 to celebrate the Year of the Monkey: Fantastic! |
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