1.5 Euro Spain 2022 Endangered Species – Philippine Eagle

The Philippine eagle, also known as the monkey eagle, is the largest bird of prey in the Philippine Islands where it lives and one of the largest in the world. This predator, which can live up to 60 years in the wild, lives in the wooded, high-altitude regions of the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. They are monogamous birds, like most eagles, with very low reproductive capacity, with a single clutch of one egg and a total gestation and breeding period of 2 years. Mining, deforestation, and widespread poaching have made this eagle one of the most endangered birds of prey on the planet, listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, with only 400 eagles in the wild. In 1995, the Philippine eagle was declared the national bird of the Philippines.

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 the Philippine Eagle.

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

Iberian 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