1.5 Euro Spain 2022 Endangered Species – Giant Otter

The giant otter, also known in some areas as the river otter or arirai, is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN and is included on its Red List of Threatened Species, largely due to the mass hunting it suffered in the 1950s. -1960s due to his fur, which almost led to his extinction. It is the largest otter in the world, weighing between 20 and 50 kg and up to 2 meters long. It lives exclusively in South America, in the river systems of the Amazon, Orinoco and Rio de la Plata. The gradual and permanent disappearance of their habitat, the pollution of the waters of the rivers in which they live, the still-existing poaching for their fur, and even their death at the hands of fishermen who consider them competitors for fish, means that only a few thousand giant otters live in the wild. nature.

The coins of Spain were issued in a special design with enameling on the obverse, which ensures greater realism of the image.

The obverse of the Spanish 1.5 euro coin depicts a giant otter.

The reverse (common to all coins) depicts a floral ornament and animal tracks, the denomination and the inscription ANIMALES EN PELIGRO DE EXTINCIÓN (Endangered Animals).

Alloy: copper-nickel

Denomination: 1.5 euro

Weight: 15 grams

Diameter: 33mm

Quality: UNC

Circulation: 5000 pcs

The coin was released in Spain’s 2022 collection “Endangered Species”

The collection includes 16 coins:

African elephant

Giant otter

Pyrenean lynx

Giant lizard of La Gomera

Monk seal

Philippine eagle

Ring-tailed lemur

Bengal tiger

Blue iguana

Cantabrian brown bear

European mink

Gorilla

Irrawaddy Dolphin

Javan rhinoceros

Okapi

Orangutan