Wisent [2]
Wisent (Bison bonasus)
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 1000000 pcs
On the edge: an inscription, NBP, repeated eight times, every second one inverted by 180 degrees, separated by stars
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2013-10-24
Issue price: 2 pln
Designer: Dobrochna Surajewska
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
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Wisent is the largest European terrestrial mammal, with
the body weight reaching almost 1 tonne in males. The
species lives in herds counting sometimes even over fifty
individuals. Leaders of such herds are old, experienced
females. Wisents feed upon ground flora of the forest,
grasses and sedges growing at forest meadows, as well as
tree leaves, twigs and bark. They have a very good sense of
smell and hearing, but slightly weaker sight, may run with
a speed of up to a few dozen kilometres per hour, and jump
over obstacles up to 2 metres high. In a herd, wisents are
not afraid of any predators, however weaker individuals or
calves left behind the herd are likely to fall prey to wolves
or bears.
The species was fairly common in forests of medieval
Europe, ...